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Sachertorte sold at a café Sachertorte from Budapest Sachertorte as a present. Sachertorte (UK: / ˈ z æ x ər t ɔːr t ə / ZAKH-ər-tor-tə, US: / ˈ s ɑː k ər t ɔːr t / SAH-kər-tort; German: [ˈzaxɐˌtɔʁtə] ⓘ) is a chocolate cake, or torte, of Austrian origin, [1] [2] invented by Franz Sacher, [3] supposedly in 1832 for Prince Metternich in Vienna.
Ingredients. TORTE: 10 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped 1 cup sugar 2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened 8 eggs separated 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
On the day of the dinner the chief cook of Metternich's household was taken ill, and the task of preparing the dessert had to be passed to Franz Sacher, then in his second year of apprenticeship at the palace. The result would be the chocolate cake devised on the spot by the 16-year-old trainee.
Food writer Julie R. Thomson has called the burnt almond torte from Prantl's Bakery in Pittsburgh the best cake in America. [3] Whiskey torte. The best-known of the typical tortes include the Austrian Sachertorte and Linzertorte, the German Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, and the many-layered Hungarian Dobos torte.
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Sachertorte Evening in the lounge. Since 1989, the Gürtler family has also owned the former Österreichischer Hof hotel in Salzburg, which reopened as the Hotel Sacher Salzburg. The Hotel Sacher in Vienna added another floor with a spacious spa area on its roof in 2005/06, which caused a stir with historic preservationists.
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