World+Food+Day

** Student Name: **Ellen Lippy ** NCSS Standards:   ** · Culture · Time, Continuity and Change · People, Places and Environment · Production, Distribution and Consumption · Science, Technology and Society ** Ingredients:  ** eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, chocolate, flour, butter, sour cherries (the Black Forest area of Germany is known for its sour cherries  **  Seasoning:  **   Kirsch (cherry brandy)    The cake does not have to be made alcohol, however when in Germany this cake almost always has alcohol in it. In Germany, the Black Forest cake would not be considered authentic without alcohol.   **  Way of Cooking:  **   Bake the cake in an oven.    ** Country of Origin **(also indicate continent)    This cake is most famous around the Black Forest (Der Schwarzwald) in the state Baden- Württemberg which is in Germany.    **  Natural Environment of the Country:  **   Germany has many farms with many cows. The cows are used for milk to make butter, chocolate, etc which are main ingredients in the Black Forest cake.   **  Legend  **   Many think Josef Kellerinvented the Black Forest cake in the year 1915. Keller was said to give his recipe book to August Schaefer who gave the recipe to his son Claus Schaefer who is currently making the cake at Konditormeister of the Triberg Café. Others say that a man named Erwin Hildenbrand invented the cake in 1930 at the Café Walz in Tubingen.
 * Introduction to My Food: **Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cake)