Vegan Black Forest Tart

Vegan black forest tart which is quick and easy to make with only 7 ingredients. It's decadent and will impress all your family and friends!

This tart includes:

• An easy chocolate shortcrust pastry
• Two-ingredient chocolate ganache
• Lots of cherries
• Optional whipped coconut cream!

The tart is automatically vegan but can also be made refined sugar free (if you use coconut sugar and refined sugar free chocolate) and gluten free (see the notes in the recipe card below)

7 simple ingredients for this vegan black forest tart

To make the tart, you will need:

• Plain / all-purpose flour
• Cocoa powder
• Vegan butter / margarine. Vegan block butter isn't readily accessible where I live so margarine will do.
• Vegan-friendly chocolate. I used 50% dark chocolate and 50% mylk chocolate which were both semi sweetened.
• Fresh cherries
• Canned coconut cream. Make sure you only use the thick part otherwise the ganache will not set and it will not whip up for the topping.

How to pit cherries

I wanted this tart to be PACKED with cherries so we need to remove the seeds of cherries which go inside the tart. There are two ways to do this:

1. Remove the stem and firmly poke a straw (I have a reusable metal straw) through the middle of the cherry.
2. Cut the cherry in half and remove the seed using your fingers.

Both methods can be messy! But once you do a few, it's easy and quick :).

How to make a vegan chocolate shortcrust base

I love simple recipes so just add all the pastry ingredients to a food processor or bowl and mix until it forms a doughy mixture like below.

To shape your tart crust, you can either:

1. Roll out your pastry on a floured surface and transfer it to your tart tin. Press the pastry against the bottom and sides and if there are any gaps, fill them with remaining pastry. This method ensures your pastry is even in thickness throughout the whole tart.
2. Directly add the mixture to the tart tin and press it against the bottom and sides until everything is relatively flat and even.

Making the easy chocolate ganache for the vegan black forest tart

More simple steps! Simply add the chocolate and coconut cream in a small saucepan over low heat. Melt and mix the ganache until it's smoooooth and shiny.

If your ganache is still lumpy or has pockets of oil, continue stirring the mixture. Alternatively, if you have a strong hand blender, blend the ganache until it's heavenly smooth.

Assembling the black forest tart

Now that we have the baked tart crust, we can assemble our beautiful tart!

You can skip all the extra cherries and just pour the ganache into the tart shell then set it.

However, I wanted LOTS of cherries in this tart sooo I added halved cherries to the bottom of the baked tart crust, poured the ganache over it then pressed some cherries into the ganache before it set! That way, every serving of tart will 100% get some cherries!

The amount of ganache in the recipe is perfect for a 20cm tart tin if you add cherries to that layer.

Now, all we need to do is allow the ganache to set in the fridge.

Before serving, whip up your coconut cream! Gimme Some Oven provides a great guide on whipping coconut cream.

If you're serving this on a hot day (like Summery cherry season in Australia), by the time you whip up your cream, it may soften again. Simply store the cream in the fridge until you need it (but I'd recommend that you only do this for a few hours).

Depending on your whipped cream, you MAY be able to top the tart with the cream and fresh cherries then chill it until you serve it (it worked for me).

Check out my other vegan dessert recipes (classics with a twist):

• Cherry Ripe Cups
• Blueberry Lemon Bars
• Zebra Bundt Cake
• Carrot Cake Cupcakes
• Vegan Chocolate Mousse Pie with Berries

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