“The aim of the association is to protect the traditional recipe of this most famous cake under the EU regulation of TSG. The Association for the protection of the Black Forest Cake currently consists of 20 members including renowned craft and industrial pastry chefs from all over Germany. First, there is PDO (protected designation of origin), then there is PGI (protected geographical indication) and finally there is TSG (traditional specialty guaranteed). There are different categories in which a product can be registered in the European Union.
SchutzgemeinschaftSchwarzwälderKirschtortein Germany, which is an association of various people who are involved in the bakery business in Baden-Württemberg and who are producing the cake itself or certain ingredients of it, is especially engaged in getting the certificate “traditional specialty guaranteed” (TSG) for the cake. The Black Forest cake in India also lacks a key ingredient, liqueur made from cherries, as alcohol is a cultural taboo in the Hindu-majority country. Due to lack of authentic ingredients and dearth of expertise, it is variants of the original product dating back to the 16th century that are most often sold as Black Forest in many countries including India. Local regulation in Germany permits only gateaux made of cherry liqueur from the Schwarzwald, a 150 km-long pea-pod shaped area, to be sold as Black Forest cake. Children and grown-ups alike continue to cherish this flavour originating from the southern province of Baden-Württemberg in Deutschland much more than any other scent rooted in their own motherland.īut this Affair could meet a tragicend if European Union agrees to Germany’s demand for enforcing an international ban on hundreds of varieties of cake sold as Black Forest. The acclaim of Black Forest cake in our bakeries is beaten perhaps only by that of cake itself! The juicy Germanic flavour has been immensely popular for several decades in India even as countless other tangs have come into being and died out in due time. The emblem of all celebrations, the Black Forest cake, which has been alive and kicking for several decades in India, may take leave of the country of happy consumers if Germany succeeds in enforcing a regulation on selling variants of the authentic gateau under that name.
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