I love cherries and chocolate together which is why Black Forest Cake is one of my favourite desserts, plus it has whipped cream too – it’s basically my heaven. I wasn’t able to incorporate whipped cream into these Black Forest Brownies, but I highly recommend serving them with a big dollop of it! I’ve used my standard brownie recipe as it’s super rich, chocolatey and fudgey. Then I’ve mixed in chopped tinned cherries and dark chocoate chips, as well as some kirsch. I’ve used tinned cherries because fresh ones aren’t available all year round, and I wanted to make sure you could make these Black Forest Brownies any time of year! I also used these extra large dark chocolate chips by Dr Oetker that I bought recently and they were so good I was eating them from the pack as a snack!
Step by step…
I started by melting the dark chocolate and butter together in a pan on a low heat. I let it cool for 5 minutes.
In a bowl I whisked together the eggs and light brown sugar.
I added the chocolate mixture to the egg mixture, whisking constantly as I poured it in. Then I added the plain flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Finally I folded in the chopped tinned cherries and the dark chocolate chips.
I poured the batter into a lined traybake tin and baked them for 30 minutes.
Once they were cool I cut the Black Forest Brownies into squares and decorated them with a drizzle of dark chocolate and some glace cherries.
The Black Forest Brownies were so moist and fudgey and deeelicious! This is such an easy and quick way to get that fix of those cherry, chocolate and kirsch flavours!
Recommended equipment & ingredients*
| Traybake tin | Mixing bowls | Cooling rack |
| Kitchen scales | Glace cherries |
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Black Forest Brownies
Rich chocolate brownies with cherries and kirsch
Ingredients
For the brownies
- 350 g Dark chocolate
- 250 g Butter or baking spread
- 2 tbsp Kirsch
- 250 g Dark brown sugar
- 3 Eggs large
- 120 g Plain flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 200 g Tinned cherries chopped up
- 125 g Dark chocolate chips
For decoration
- 12 Glace cherries cut in half
- 75 g Dark chocolate melted
Instructions
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Pre-heat your oven to 180C/160C Fan/350F/Gas Mark 4 and grease and line a 12" x 9" traybake tin
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Melt the dark chocolate and butter together in a pan on a low heat. When
fully melted, stir together and remove from the heat. Let it cool for 5
minutes -
In a bowl, whisk together the dark brown sugar and the eggs until frothy, add the Kirsch and mix in
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Slowly pour the melted chocolate and butter into the mixture, whilst constantly whisking
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Add the plain flour and baking powder and mix in
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Fold in the cherries and chocolate chips
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Pour the batter into the lined traybake tin and bake for 30 minutes
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Leave it to cool completely before cutting into squares
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Decorate by drizzling the dark chocolate over them and adding the glace cherries
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Store in an airtight container in a cool place and eat within 3 days
Recipe Notes
If you would like to use a 8" or 9" square tin instead, reduce the recipe by one third. So you will need:
- 235g Dark chocolate
- 165g Butter
- 165g Dark brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp Kirsch
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 80g Plain flour
- 135g Tinned cherries
- 85g Dark chocolate chips
Decoration:
- 9 Glace Cherries
- 50g Dark chocolate
They will also need less time to bake, depending on your oven, I'd suggest 20-25 minutes.
If you like this, check out more of my Brownie recipes!
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I’m linking this recipe up with Cook Blog Share hosted by Glutarama, and Fiesta Fridays hosted by Angie.
Black Forrest is one of my favourite flavours! We do some brownies like this and they are always amazing! #CookBlogShare
Yay for black forest!!
Loooove the idea of black forest brownies – they look so fudgy and delicious, especially with those yummy cherries in the batter and on top of the cake! #cookblogshare
Thanks so much Sylvie!
These look absolutely incredible – and I really love that you use tinned cherries so that they can be made all year round!
Thanks so much Hannah!
I love black forest gateaux so think i’d really enjoy these. #cookblogshare
Oh you sure would Helen 🙂
Oh my… Black Forest is one of my all-time favourites, and these brownies look amazing; perfect and fudgy! #cookblogshare
Thanks so much Lou!
Oh wow these look delicious ??
Thank you!
Oh My I want one! or two or three 🙂 They look so delicious.
Haha, thank you Jacqui!
Yummy! It seems like I could finish all of this!
Me too Rita!
I just adore cherries and chocolate then you added kirsch to the equation – utterly in love with the idea of these black forest brownies. Thank you for sharing them with #cookblogshare
Thanks so much Rebecca!
Ooh yum. What a great idea to use these flavours in brownies.
Thanks Cat!
Oh wow! They do look super fudgy and decadent and the addition of cherries and kirsch is definitely my cup of tea as it’s such a lovely combo. Can’t wait to try these!
Thanks Jo! Let me know if you try them!
Delicious!!! Thanks so much for this recipe. Made these today and they turned out great, everyone loved them. Much love, Cakes from the Harte x