World Flavors Cookbook

Zuger Kirschtorte

Name: Zuger Kirschtorte
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: Switzerland
Ingredients: almond meringue, sponge cake, butter cream, kirsch (cherry brandy), pink icing sugar

An elegant cherry-brandy soaked layer cake from Zug, featuring almond meringue and sponge.

Cuisine: Switzerland

Ingredients

almond meringue, sponge cake, butter cream, kirsch (cherry brandy), pink icing sugar

Instructions

Bake almond meringue rounds and a sponge cake. Soak the sponge heavily in kirsch syrup. Layer meringue, sponge, and buttercream. Coat the sides with toasted almonds and dust the top with pink sugar in a diamond pattern.