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Sachertorte (Original Version)

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert

Tags: medium difficulty, recipes for dessert, recipes for sachertorte, recipes using butter, recipes using dark chocolate, recipes using egg, recipes using fruit preserves, recipes using granulated sugar, recipes using wheat flour, recipes with images, recipes without servings

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ASachertorte_%28Original_Version%29)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ASachertorte%20%28Original%20Version%29&oldid=4587424

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

Cake

  • ¾ cup (170 g) butter
  • 6 ½ oz (180 g) semi-sweet chocolate
  • ¾ cup (170 g) white granulated sugar
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 1 cup (120 g) flour
  • 10 egg whites, stiffly whipped
  • 2 tbsp apricot jam

Icing

  • 1 cup (225 g) white granulated sugar
  • ⅓ cup (80 ml) water
  • 7 oz (200 g) semi-sweet chocolate

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 275°F (140°C).
  2. Beat butter until creamy.
  3. Melt chocolate. Add sugar and chocolate to butter; stir.
  4. Add egg yolks one at a time. Add flour. Fold in egg whites. Grease and butter 8–9-inch cake tin. Pour mixture in.
  5. Bake in oven about 1 hour. Test with toothpick or straw. Remove to a board; cool.
  6. Cook sugar and water to a thin thread.
  7. Melt chocolate in top of double boiler.
  8. Add sugar syrup gradually to chocolate. Stir constantly until icing coats the spoon.
  9. Cut the top off of cake and turn bottom up.
  10. Heat apricot jam slightly and spread over cake. Cover with the chocolate icing.