That's a record. A record, record, record. 21 eggs. Not laid by my chickens in one day. We only have 17 ladies anyway. But 21 eggs used in one day.
We had 2 egg omelets for breakfast. Rhett ate one, Kira ate a half of one, Sienna ate a half, Glen ate one and I ate one. So that's a total of 8 eggs right there. Liam had left over mac and cheese from last nights dinner that was still sitting on the table and a cookie. He climbed up to the table and helped himself. Can you tell he's the fourth?
Then for YW tonight I am suppose to make Black Forest cupcakes. Did you know that Black Forest Cake originated from Germany? We, Americans, make it totally wrong with chocolate cake, cherry pie filling and whip cream. But real Black Forest cake (skip ahead if you could care less) is called Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte pronounced Black Forest cherry-torte. It consists of chocolate sponge cake, whip cream and cherries. Kirschwasser is a clear spirit made from sour cherries and added to the cake. German law mandates that kirschwasser must be present in the cake for it to be labeled Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte. The dessert is not directly named after the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) mountain range like many believe but rather from the liquor that is distilled from the cherries grown in that region.
So being true to this cake's legacy, I didn't want to make it the American way. I looked up a recipe for "Authentic Black Forest Cake" and found one with ingredients that included 9 eggs. Yes, 9. So I made that cake as cupcakes. And after taking them out of the oven, I realized it was a disaster or at the very least, un-servable. The top part of the cupcake was spongy but the bottom was tough and stuck to the cupcake paper making almost impossible to pull off. After thinking it though, since the real cake is suppose to be a sponge cake, I think it must have needed 9 egg whites.
Arrrgg. Round two. Sorry Germany, I'm going with America's Test Kitchen because I can't afford another failure. How many eggs you might ask? 4. Totaling the egg count used for the day to 21. I did buy real frozen cherries though instead of pie filling to fill the center of the cupcakes. I'll add a picture of the final outcome.
"Who likes licking the spoon?"
Luckily when Kira came home to check our egg count in the coop, we had 12.
Mary! Fabulous post! I liked learning about the Black Forest cake. I feel much more cultured now. I made black bottom cupcakes recently and the cream cheese filling did sink to the bottom, but I would have preferred it as a filling, hard to get out of the cupcake paper. I shared many with Janet's kids that were over. It's good to be able to share. :)Loved the photo of Liam licking the spoon. Your kitchen counters look good. And your girls smiling and happy. Good job!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Laughed with your movie quote too - love that instant replay gene!
ReplyDeleteI want to see your house!! It looks good! Need full room pics. Did I miss the picture of the final product? Your cake does sound delicious.
ReplyDeleteI had black forest cake, Kirsten made it for me while I was in Germany. The sponge cake is not like American sponge cake. It's like a brownie where you cut the fat and the sugar and over baked in a little bit. And the whip cream is thickened with gelatin but there's no sugar added to it. The cherries are sour. Overall the cake is not sweet as in American sweet. In fact almost every dessert I had in Germany was not that sweet. However when we got to Amsterdam there were sweets that tasted more like American sweets.
ReplyDeleteI also had a black forest ice cream dessert while in the black forest. Pretty cool! The cherries were sour, the whipped cream had no sugar added, the ice cream less sugary than anything you would find here. And the cherry liquor definitely present. I must admit I don't super love the taste of liquor in my ice cream. But it was authentic and the chocolate sauce was super yummy.