Replacing the black forest cake is Black Forest Baumkuchen Trifle (Schwarzwälder Baumkuchen-Trifle). Despite the name, it no longer resembles a Baumkuchen, which literally means “tree cake ...

Architect turned cake-maker Endou Kazuyoshi Endou says the rings of the baumkuchen represent the rings of a tree as it ages. As an architect, he is used to working closely with wood, and cherry ...