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Black forest dessert

Author: Marina Romanova
Head Chef at M&N Patisserie House, GRANDPRO Ambassador (Moscow)
INGREDIENTS
Chocolate sponge cake
Eggs 300 g
Polydextrose (can be replaced with the same amount of sugar) 50 g
GRANDPRO Cake margarine 100 g
Allulose (can be replaced with the same amount of sugar) 50 g
Sugar-free dark chocolate 100 g
All-purpose flour or gluten-free flour mixture 100 g

Ganache
GRANDPRO Cream margarine 50 g
Dark chocolate 50 g
Heavy cream 50 ml

Smoked sour cherry compote
Pitted sour cherries 150 g
Orange juice 100 ml
Cinnamon optional
Pectin NH 5 g
Allulose 100 g

Creamy mousse
Milk 100 ml
White chocolate 140 g
Gelatin 200 bloom 5 g
Vanilla seeds optional
GRANDPRO Cream margarine 50 g
Cream 33%–35% fat 250 g

Sour cherry glaze
Sour cherry juice 100 ml
Isomalt 40 g
Pectin NH 4 g
Red food coloring optional
COOKING
Chocolate sponge cake
  • Preheat the oven to 160 °C.
  • Separate egg yolks from the whites.
  • Whisk the whites, adding polydextrose little by little, until peaks form.
  • Whisk GRANDPRO Cake margarine with allulose into a fluffy mass, adding the yolks gradually.
  • Add the melted chocolate to the resulting mass and beat.
  • Add flour to the egg-yolk mixture. Mix it up.
  • Gradually add the egg-white mass to the batter.
  • Pour the resulting batter in a 1-cm thick layer into a pan covered with parchment paper.
  • Bake for 25 minutes at 160 °C. Test if the cake is done with a wooden skewer.
  • Cool the sponge cake on a wire rack and refrigerate for 2–6 hours. After stabilization, the sponge cake can be used.

Ganache
  • Combine GRANDPRO Cream margarine, dark chocolate, and cream in a cup.
  • Microwave until smooth.

Smoked sour cherry compote
  • Put all the ingredients except sour cherries in a saucepan.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Add sour cherries.
  • Cook for 3 minutes.
  • Cool it down.
  • Smoke it with a smoker.
  • Pour into molds.
  • Freeze it.

Creamy mousse
  • Boil the milk.
  • Pour the milk over the white chocolate.
  • When the chocolate has melted, add bloomed gelatin, vanilla seeds, and GRANDPRO Cream margarine. Mix until smooth.
  • Whisk the cream to soft peaks.
  • Mix the milk and chocolate mixture with heavy cream in stages.
  • Pour into molds and freeze.

Sour cherry glaze
  • Mix sour cherry juice, isomalt, and pectin in a heavy-bottomed saucepan.
  • Add food coloring.
  • Bring the mixture to a boil.
  • Beat with an immersion blender.
  • Let the finished glaze cool to 45 °C.

Assembly and garnish
  • Put the frozen compote balls in larger sphere molds.
  • Pour the compote with the creamy mousse.
  • Freeze it.
  • Spread the ganache on the silicone mat with tree bark texture.
  • Get the sponge cake out of the pan.
  • Soak the sponge cake with the liquid remained from the compote.
  • Freeze it.
  • Place the ganache «bark» on a plate.
  • Shape the frozen balls into cherries, cover with sour cherry glaze and place on the «bark».
  • Refrigerate for 1–2 hours.
  • Before serving, garnish the dessert with chocolate sponge cake crumbs and plant decor.
INGREDIENTS
Chocolate sponge cake
Eggs 300 g
Polydextrose (can be replaced with the same amount of sugar) 50 g
GRANDPRO Cake margarine 100 g
Allulose (can be replaced with the same amount of sugar) 50 g
Sugar-free dark chocolate 100 g
All-purpose flour or gluten-free flour mixture 100 g

Ganache
GRANDPRO Cream margarine 50 g
Dark chocolate 50 g
Heavy cream 50 ml

Smoked sour cherry compote
Pitted sour cherries 150 g
Orange juice 100 ml
Cinnamon optional
Pectin NH 5 g
Allulose 100 g

Creamy mousse
Milk 100 ml
White chocolate 140 g
Gelatin 200 bloom 5 g
Vanilla seeds optional
GRANDPRO Cream margarine 50 g
Cream 33%–35% fat 250 g

Sour cherry glaze
Sour cherry juice 100 ml
Isomalt 40 g
Pectin NH 4 g
Red food coloring optional
COOKING
Chocolate sponge cake
  • Preheat the oven to 160 °C.
  • Separate egg yolks from the whites.
  • Whisk the whites, adding polydextrose little by little, until peaks form.
  • Whisk GRANDPRO Cake margarine with allulose into a fluffy mass, adding the yolks gradually.
  • Add the melted chocolate to the resulting mass and beat.
  • Add flour to the egg-yolk mixture. Mix it up.
  • Gradually add the egg-white mass to the batter.
  • Pour the resulting batter in a 1-cm thick layer into a pan covered with parchment paper.
  • Bake for 25 minutes at 160 °C. Test if the cake is done with a wooden skewer.
  • Cool the sponge cake on a wire rack and refrigerate for 2–6 hours. After stabilization, the sponge cake can be used.

Ganache
  • Combine GRANDPRO Cream margarine, dark chocolate, and cream in a cup.
  • Microwave until smooth.

Smoked sour cherry compote
  • Put all the ingredients except sour cherries in a saucepan.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Add sour cherries.
  • Cook for 3 minutes.
  • Cool it down.
  • Smoke it with a smoker.
  • Pour into molds.
  • Freeze it.

Creamy mousse
  • Boil the milk.
  • Pour the milk over the white chocolate.
  • When the chocolate has melted, add bloomed gelatin, vanilla seeds, and GRANDPRO Cream margarine. Mix until smooth.
  • Whisk the cream to soft peaks.
  • Mix the milk and chocolate mixture with heavy cream in stages.
  • Pour into molds and freeze.

Sour cherry glaze
  • Mix sour cherry juice, isomalt, and pectin in a heavy-bottomed saucepan.
  • Add food coloring.
  • Bring the mixture to a boil.
  • Beat with an immersion blender.
  • Let the finished glaze cool to 45 °C.

Assembly and garnish
  • Put the frozen compote balls in larger sphere molds.
  • Pour the compote with the creamy mousse.
  • Freeze it.
  • Spread the ganache on the silicone mat with tree bark texture.
  • Get the sponge cake out of the pan.
  • Soak the sponge cake with the liquid remained from the compote.
  • Freeze it.
  • Place the ganache «bark» on a plate.
  • Shape the frozen balls into cherries, cover with sour cherry glaze and place on the «bark».
  • Refrigerate for 1–2 hours.
  • Before serving, garnish the dessert with chocolate sponge cake crumbs and plant decor.
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