Black Forest

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English

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Etymology

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Calque of German Schwarzwald.

Proper noun

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the Black Forest

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

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Noun

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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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