Calque of German Schwarzwald.

the Black Forest

1. A large forest and mountain range in southwestern Germany.

Black Forest

1. (of food, attributive) A style of confectionery that is a combination of dark chocolate, cream, and cherries.

   Alternative form: black forest

   • 1995, Heloise [Cruse Evans], Hints for All Occasions, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Corporation, →ISBN, page 303:

     One reader combines equal parts of cherry pie filling and chocolate pudding for a quick dessert—a sort of Black Forest pudding or parfait.

   • 2012, Lisa Plumley, Together for Christmas, New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 246:

     So was perspective, Kristen learned as she entered her kitchen and found Casey sitting at her built-in peninsula, chowing through a mini mason jar full of chocolate-cherry Black Forest pie with mocha whipped cream and bittersweet chocolate shavings and almond brittle.

   • 2014, Sarina Bowen, Rebecca Avery, Amy Jo Cousins, Denise McDonald, Harlequin E Contemporary Romance Box Set‎^[1], volume 1, Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN:

     She squeezed out a lump of whipped cream frosting onto two of the last batch of Black Forest cupcakes when a throat cleared in the front and startled her.

   • 2019, Marc Di Duca, Anthony Ham, Catherine Le Nevez, Ali Lemer, Hugh McNaughtan, Leonid Ragozin, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Benedict Walker, Kerry Christiani, Germany‎^[2], 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:

     Opened in 2018 in the ruined castle Burg Landshut, this state-of-the-art restaurant is worth the steep climb (or shuttle-bus ride) for modern German cuisine such as sauerkraut and blood-sausage soup, and pike-perch with bacon and cabbage mash, topped off by desserts like Black Forest mousse with berry coulis and Riesling sorbet with poached local peaches.

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