Sacher cake (Austria)

The Original Sacher-Torte has been the most famous cake in the world since 1832, invented by Franz Sacher confectioner for Metternich duke. The the original recipe a well-kept secret of our hotel. Only the Original Sacher-Torte is produced according to this original recipe: The basis is a chocolate cake, thinly coated by hand with best-quality apricot jam. The chocolate icing over this is the crowning glory. The Original Sacher-Torte tastes best with a portion of unsweetened whipped cream, complemented perfectly with a “Wiener Melange” (coffee with milk).

Preparation

• Mix the butter, sugar, vanilla sugar und and egg yolks until fluffy
• Add the chocolate, grated or melted, and beat until frothy
• Beat the egg white with the granulated sugar until stiff and carefully fold into the mixture
• Add the flour, mixed with the baking powder
• Put the mixture in a well greased baking tin and bake for about an hour at 170 °C in a preheated oven.
• Leave the oven open just slightly for the first 15 minutes
• Once finished, leave the flan to cool on a wire rack
• Warm up the apricot jam and pass through a fine sieve

Ingredients

• 140 g butter
• 140 g sugar
• 6 eggs
• 180 g cooking chocolate
• 30 g granulated sugar
• 1 sachet vanilla sugar
• 140 g flour
• 100 g apricot jam