Recently – for some reason that I can’t even remember now – I was looking for information on Germany’s Black Forest. Many of the links that came up were for the famous Black Forest Cake – an extravagant confection of chocolate sponge cake, ‘kirschwasser’ and cherries. Definitely a 'celebration' cake, and it looks very nice for Christmas. Here, from Genius Kitchen, is a ‘from scratch’ recipe: http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/authentic-black-forest-cake-schwarzwald-kirsch-kuchen-343698and here is one using prepared cake mix (includes a little history on the cake) from What's Cooking America: https://whatscookingamerica.net/History/Cakes/BlackForestCake.htmI may have been looking up the Black Forest because I’ve become entranced by train...