köken: Schwarzwald (“Black Forest”) + Kirsche (“cherry”) + Torte (“cake/gâteau”). While not directly named after the Black Forest there are various explanations for its name: * from the chocolate cover resembling a dark forest * from the ingredient Kirschwasser (“kirsch”), typical of the region * from its resemblance to the headdress Bollenhut * from Schwarzwaldtorte, an earlier Swiss cake