Sachertorte (German pronunciation: [ˈzɑxərˌtɔrtə][1]) is a chocolate cake Chocolate cake is a dessert popularized at the end of the 19th Century and popular internationally. The cake is often served at gatherings such as birthday parties and weddings, invented by Franz Sacher in 1832 for Klemens Wenzel von Metternich Klemens Wenzel, Prince von Metternich (May 15, 1773 – June 11, 1859) was a German-Austrian politician and statesman and was one of the most important diplomats of his era. He was a major figure in the negotiations before and during the Congress of Vienna and is considered both a paradigm of foreign-policy management and a major figure in the in Vienna Vienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million (2.3 million within the metropolitan area), and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 10th largest city by, Austria Austria /ˈɔstria/ (help·info) (German: Österreich (help·info)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and.[2] It is one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialties. The Original Sachertorte is only made in Vienna and Salzburg, and is shipped from both locations.
Composition
The cake consists of two layers of dense, not overly sweet chocolate cake (traditionally a sponge cake Sponge cake is a cake based on flour , sugar, and eggs, sometimes leavened with baking powder, that derives its structure from an egg foam into which the other ingredients are folded. The sponge cake is thought to be one of the first of the non-yeasted cakes, and though it does not appear in Hannah Glasse's The Art of Cookery in the late 18th) with a thin layer of apricot The Apricot is a species of Prunus, classified with the plum in the subgenus Prunus. The native range is somewhat uncertain due to its extensive prehistoric cultivation, but most likely is India jam in the middle and dark chocolate icing on the top and sides. It is traditionally served with whipped cream Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-butterfat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. In un-homogenized milk, over time, the lighter fat rises to the top. In the industrial production of cream this process is accelerated by using centrifuges called "separators". In many countries, cream is sold in without any sugar in it (Standard German Standard German is the standard variety of the German language used as a written language, in formal contexts, and for communication between different dialect areas. Since German is a pluricentric language, there are different varieties of Standard German: Schlagsahne, Austrian Standard German Austrian German is the national standard variety of the German language spoken in Austria and in South Tyrol (Italy). The standardized form of Austrian German for official texts and schools is defined by the Austrian dictionary (Österreichisches Wörterbuch), published under the authority of the ministry of education, art and culture: Schlagobers), as most Viennese consider the Sachertorte too "dry" to be eaten on its own.
The trademark for the "Original Sachertorte" was registered by the Hotel Sacher The Hotel Sacher is a five-star hotel in the Innenstadt of Vienna, Austria, next to the Staatsoper. It is famous for the speciality of the house, the Sachertorte chocolate cake. There is also an art gallery in the hotel with works from the 19th century. The hotel is built where Antonio Vivaldi once lived, which was built in 1876 by the son of Franz Sacher. The recipe is a well-kept secret.[citation needed]
Until 1965, Hotel Sacher was involved in a long legal battle with the pastry shop Demel, who had also produced a cake called the "Original Sachertorte." Numerous tales have circulated to explain how Demel came by the recipe. The cake at Demel is now called "Demels Sachertorte" and differs from the "Original" in that there is no layer of apricot jam in the middle of the cake, but directly underneath the chocolate cover, covering the entire cake.
There are various recipes attempting to copy the "Original," and some may be found below. For example, at the cultural event "Graz-Kulturhauptstadt 2003", the "Sacher-Masoch-Torte" was presented (its name alluding to Leopold von Sacher-Masoch), a cake unique in that it uses redcurrant The Red currant is a member of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family Grossulariaceae, native to parts of western Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Northern Italy and Northern Spain). It is a deciduous shrub normally growing to 1-1.5 m tall, occasionally 2 m, with five-lobed leaves arranged spirally on the stems. The flowers are jam and marzipan Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal. Sachertorte is made up of chocolate, nuts, apricot, butter, eggs and sugar.
Notes
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary According to the publishers, it would take a single person 120 years to type the 59 million words of the OED second edition, 60 years to proofread it, and 540 megabytes to store it electronically. As of 30 November 2005, the Oxford English Dictionary contained approximately 301,100 main entries. Supplementing the entry headwords, there are 157,000 (Second Edition ed.). 1989. http://www.oed.com/.
- ^ Bell, Bethany (2007-05-31). "Happy Birthday, cake" (STM). BBC News, Vienna. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6598995.stm. Retrieved on 2007-05-31. "It was created by chance one day in 1832 when the chef to the chancellor, Prince Wensel Metternich, suddenly fell ill. His 16-year-old apprentice, Franz Sacher, was called in to create a dessert that would not disgrace the prince and the Sachertorte was born."
External links
- The Original Sacher-Torte Website
- "Sachertorte" - A recipe by Delia Smith (English)
- BBC News | Happy Birthday, cake
- Is Sachertorte the Ultimate Devotion?, courtesy of the parody religion The Chocolate Cake Church
Categories: Austrian cuisine | Cakes | Chocolate desserts
ORF.at, Austria
"But the best story", wuerde das Gegenueber dann schwaermerisch dranhaengen, den Mund voller Sachertorte , die beste Geschichte sei die mit der Eierschachtel. Man oeffne sie, und heraus fallen ein kleiner Zettel mit der Adresse, wo die Huehner wohnen, ...
d' Raclette
2009-02-12 02:47:00
Originally invented by Franz Sacher in 1832 in Vienna, Austria. For cake lovers...you must try this. Consists of two layers of not so overly sweet chocolate cake, with a thin layer of apricot jam in the middle. It is not a heavy cake, . ...
