Black Forest gâteau

See also: Black Forest gateau

English

Alternative forms

• Black Forest gateau, black forest gateau, black forest gâteau

Etymology

Various theories have been proposed:

• Named after the Kirschwasser flavouring that originated in the Black Forest region of southwestern Germany.
• The black chocolate rasps topping resembles a black forst, like the Black Forest.
• A potential predecessor of this cake named Schwarzwaldtorte could have been originated in Switzerland and not in the Black Forest region.
• Inspired by the traditional costume of the women of the Black Forest region, with a characteristic hat with big, red pom-poms on top, called Bollenhut.

Noun

Black Forest gâteau (countable and uncountable, plural Black Forest gâteaux or Black Forest gâteaus)

1. A type of gâteau consisting of a rich chocolate sponge cake topped with cream and cherries.

   Synonym: Black Forest cake

   Hypernym: chocolate cake

   Hyponym: Black Forest trifle

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Black Forest gâteau.

Translations

type of gâteau originating in the Black Forest region of Germany

• Afrikaans: swartwoudkoek
• Arabic: كَعْكَة الْبْلَاك فُورِسْت f (kaʕkat al-blak fōrist)
• Armenian: Շվարցվալդ տորթ (Švarcʻvald tortʻ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黑森林蛋糕 (haak¹ sam¹ lam⁴ daan⁶ gou¹, hak¹ sam¹ lam⁴ daan⁶ gou¹)

  Mandarin: 黑森林蛋糕 (zh) (Hēi Sēnlín dàngāo)

• Czech: schwarzwaldský dort m
• Danish: Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
• Dutch: Zwarte Woudtaart m or f, Schwarzwalder kersentaart m or f
• Esperanto: nigrarbara kuko
• Finnish: schwartzwaldinkakku
• French: forêt noire (fr) f
• German: Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte f

  Alemannic German: Schwarzwälder Kirschdort f

• Hebrew: עוּגַת הַיַעַר הָשָׁחֹר m (ugát ha-yá'ar ha-Shakhór)
• Hungarian: Fekete-erdő torta
• Indonesian: kue Black Forest
• Irish: císte na Foraoise Duibhe m
• Italian: torta della Foresta Nera f
• Japanese: シュヴァルツヴェルダー・キルシュトルテ (Shuvarutsuverudā Kirushutorute), ブラックフォレストケーキ, ブラック・フォレスト・ケーキ (Burakku Foresuto kēki), ガトー・ド・フォレノワール (gatō do Fore Nowāru)
• Korean: 블랙 포리스트 케이크 (Beullaek Poriseuteu keikeu)
• Persian: کیک گیلاسی جنگل سیاه (keyk gilâs-i jangal siyâh), کیک جنگل سیاه (keyk jangal siyâh)
• Polish: tort szwarcwaldzki m
• Portuguese: bolo floresta negra m, floresta negra m
• Russian: шва́рцвальдский вишнёвый торт m (švárcvalʹdskij višnjóvyj tort)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Шварцвалдска то̑рта f

  Roman: Schwarzwaldska tȏrta f

• Spanish: tarta Selva Negra f, torta Selva Negra f, pastel Selva Negra m
• Swedish: schwarzwaldtårta c
• Turkish: Karaorman Pastası