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!
How to make Black Forest Brownies
Start by melting the dark chocolate and butter together in a pan on a low heat. Let it cool for 10 minutes. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and dark brown sugar.
Add the chocolate mixture to the egg mixture, whisking constantly as you pour it in. Then add the plain flour. Finally fold in the chopped tinned cherries and the dark chocolate chips.
Pour the batter into a lined traybake tin and bake. Once they are cool, cut the Black Forest Brownies into squares and decorate them with a drizzle of dark chocolate and some glace cherries.
Tips for making the Black Forest Brownies:
- You can use fresh cherries instead of tinned cherries if they are in season and you can get hold of some.
- Check out my Chocolate Brownie Baking Guide for all the answers to lots of popular questions about brownies.
- You can make these brownies in 8" square or 9" square tins as well, check the recipe notes for details.
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!
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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
- 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
- Pre-heat your oven to 180C/160C Fan/350F/Gas Mark 4 and grease and line a 12" x 9" traybake tin
- 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 10 minutes
- In a bowl, whisk together the dark brown sugar and the eggs for 5 minutes using an electric mixer until frothy, add the Kirsch and mix in
- Slowly pour the melted chocolate and butter into the mixture, whilst constantly whisking
- Add the plain flour and mix in
- Fold in the cherries and chocolate chips
- Pour the batter into the lined traybake tin and bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out with several moist crumbs on, but is not wet
- Leave it to cool completely before cutting into squares
- Decorate by drizzling the dark chocolate over them and adding the glace cherries
- Store in an airtight container in a cool place and eat within 3 days
Donna
Black Forrest is one of my favourite flavours! We do some brownies like this and they are always amazing! #CookBlogShare
thebakingexplorer
Yay for black forest!!
Sylvie
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
thebakingexplorer
Thanks so much Sylvie!
Hannah
These look absolutely incredible - and I really love that you use tinned cherries so that they can be made all year round!
thebakingexplorer
Thanks so much Hannah!
Helen - Cooking with my kids
I love black forest gateaux so think i'd really enjoy these. #cookblogshare
thebakingexplorer
Oh you sure would Helen 🙂
Lou | Crumbs & Corkscrews
Oh my... Black Forest is one of my all-time favourites, and these brownies look amazing; perfect and fudgy! #cookblogshare
thebakingexplorer
Thanks so much Lou!
Jade Tomlinson
Oh wow these look delicious ??
thebakingexplorer
Thank you!
Jacqui Bellefontaine
Oh My I want one! or two or three 🙂 They look so delicious.
thebakingexplorer
Haha, thank you Jacqui!
Rita
Yummy! It seems like I could finish all of this!
thebakingexplorer
Me too Rita!
Kelly Boyed
I am making this per the method but your post says you use light brown sugar and cocoa powder whereas the recipe don’t mention these things.
Anyway, with the listed recipe, i think it went really well! Definitely rich, decadent, black forrest-y. My brownie took 40 minutes in an 8” pan exactly like your suggestions.
Thanks heaps for the recipe. I made it for a bake sale and I hope it goes down well 🙂
thebakingexplorer
So sorry about that Kelly, I've fixed the typos now! I hope you sell out at the bake sale! 😀
Rebecca - Glutarama
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
thebakingexplorer
Thanks so much Rebecca!
Cat | Curly's Cooking
Ooh yum. What a great idea to use these flavours in brownies.
thebakingexplorer
Thanks Cat!
Jo Allison / Jo's Kitchen Larder
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!
thebakingexplorer
Thanks Jo! Let me know if you try them!
Kelly Harte
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