Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, sacher torte. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Sacher Torte is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Sacher Torte is something that I have loved my entire life.

It is one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialties. Today you can taste Sachertorte at Sacher Hotel, in Vienna… Sacher Torte - Chocolate Cake with Apricot Jam Filling Recipe. A traditional decoration for Sacher Torte is to pipe the word Sacher on top with melted chocolate once the glaze is set.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have sacher torte using 20 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sacher Torte:

1. Get Cake base:
2. Take 150 g soft butter
3. Prepare 150 g powdered sugar
4. Prepare 1/2 vanilla bean (or 1 Tbsp vanilla sugar, or 1 tsp extract)
5. Prepare 7 egg yolks
6. Make ready 150 g dark couverture chocolate
7. Prepare 1-2 Tbsp Brandy or rum (optional)
8. Take 7 egg whites
9. Take 30 g sugar
10. Get 150 g cake flour
11. Prepare 1 tsp baking powder (optional)
12. Make ready Fruit jam glaze:
13. Take 120 g apricot, red current or raspberry jam
14. Prepare 50 g sugar
15. Make ready 4 Tbsp water
16. Make ready 1 Tbsp lemon juice (1/2 lemon squeezed)
17. Prepare Chocolate icing:
18. Prepare 200 g sugar
19. Take 125 ml water
20. Take 150 g dark couverture chocolate

Lidia Bastianich's version uses the preserves three ways: for moistening the cake layers, as a thick filling between the. The classic Sacher Torte is made with chocolate cake layers, apricot preserves and a shiny chocolate-glaze finish. It's a lovely cake fit for any occasion. For my first job fresh out of pastry school.

Instructions to make Sacher Torte:

1. Preheat oven to 170C. Oil and dust with flour a 26 cm springform.
2. Cream the butter with the powdered sugar, and vanilla/vanilla sugar until fluffy. Add the egg yolks one by one and stir in the warm, melted chocolate. Add brandy/rum if using.
3. Beat the egg whites with the sugar until stiff peaks form then pour over the creamed butter/sugar. Sieve the flour over top the egg whites and fold in lightly until well mixed.
4. Pour the batter into the springform and even out.
5. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the center. For the first 12 minutes, prop the oven door open the width of a finger so the batter can rise before forming a crust. Let cool overnight.
6. Make the jam glaze: In a small pot, cook the jam with the sugar, water and lemon juice. When it boils down to a third, run it through a sieve.
7. While still hot, spread over the cake and let cool for at least 2 hours before spreading the chocolate topping.
8. Make the chocolate icing: Cook the sugar in the water for 5 minutes. Let cool somewhat.
9. Melt the chocolate in a water bath and gradually stir in the sugar water.
10. Stirring frequently, let the icing cool until creamy yet still fairly liquid-y. (The consistency depends on the temperature). When it’s the correct consistency, immediately spread over the cake.
11. Let cool. Serve with whipped cream if you like.

Recipe: The Sachertorte (Sacher cake) must be the most famous chocolate cake in the world today. ✓ Ingredients ✓ Directions on how to make it yourself. Sachertorte Cake, also know as Sacher Cake and Eduard Sacher Torte is a famous classic Viennese cake. Probably the most famous chocolate cake of all-time. Making a perfect Sacher torte with a level top and pristine shiny icing takes patience and precision. The original Sachertorte is the most famous Austrian cake.

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