Sachertorte
Sachertorte is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the chocolate cake category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 200 g soft butter
- 150 g powdered sugar
- 8 eggs
- 100 g sugar
- 150 g flour
- 50 g finely ground almonds
- 150 g apricot jam
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 200 g sugar
- butter (for the pan)
- ground almonds (for the pan)
- 200 g whipped and sweetened heavy cream
Instructions
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1.
Grease the pan and line it with almonds, then refrigerate.
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2.
For the batter melt chopped chocolate in a double boiler. Whisk butter with powdered sugar until fluffy. Separate eggs. Gradually fold egg yolks and melted chocolate into the butter mixture.
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3.
Beat egg whites with sugar to stiff peaks, then gently fold into the chocolate mixture. Sift flour with almonds and fold in as well. Pour dough into pan and bake at 180°C (356°F) for about 1 hour. Remove, cool, and unmold.
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4.
Warm apricot jam for the filling and strain through a sieve.
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5.
Break chocolate into pieces for the glaze. Reduce sugar with 100 ml water to half, then add chocolate to the syrup and melt over medium heat while stirring constantly. Let it cool slightly while stirring.
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6.
Slice the cake horizontally once. Spread half of the apricot jam on one layer. Reassemble and spread remaining jam on top. Cover the entire cake with the chocolate glaze and let set.
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7.
Serve cut pieces with whipped cream.
