Zuger Kirschtorte

Name: Zuger Kirschtorte
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Swiss
Ingredients: 1.5 cups ground almonds; 1/2 cup kirsch (cherry liqueur); 200g butter, for buttercream; 1 cup sugar

Zuger Kirschtorte/TSOO-ger KEERSH-tor-teh/

About this dish

A layered cherry liqueur cake with almond biscuit and buttercream, a specialty of Zug.

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Ingredients

🌰1.5 cups ground almonds

🍒1/2 cup kirsch (cherry liqueur)

🧈200g butter, for buttercream

🍬1 cup sugar

Method

Serves 2

Bake a thin almond meringue biscuit base.

Make a buttercream and flavor generously with kirsch.

Soak a sponge cake layer in kirsch syrup.

Layer the meringue, buttercream, and soaked sponge together.

Coat the exterior with more buttercream and toasted almonds, then chill before serving.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Zuger Kirschtorte is a specialty cake from the canton of Zug, flavored with the region's distinctive kirsch cherry liqueur.

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