S - Sachertorte
Sacher Torte is a cake from Vienna which has a combination of two layers of soft and light chocolate cake separated by apricot jam and coated with a chocolate glaze.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 41/2 tsp cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/2 cup curd
- 1 tsp coffee +1/4 cup boiling water
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Filling
- Apricot jam / Nutella
Frosting
- dark chocolate
- cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175 degrees C.
- Grease line and dust either two 7'' pans or one 8'' pan.
- Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder.
- Make a well in the center and add oil, milk, curd and vanilla essence.Mix well till all ingredients are well incorporated.
- Boil 1/4 cup water . add coffee and mix to the prepared batter. Mix well.
- Pour the batter into prepared tins.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Let the cake before filling or frosting it.
Chocolate Glaze
- To make glaze we need one part chocolate and two parts cream.
- Warm the cream and add the chocolate.
- As soon as the chocolate melts and reaches a smooth consistency , pour it over the cake.
Assembling the Cake
- If you have two cakes then place one on the turntable , else cut the 8'' cake into two.
- Spread a layer of apricot jam / Nutella.
- Cover the cake with the second cake.
- At this point you could cover the cake with apricot jam , but I did not.
- Pour the chocolate glaze. Decorate as you wish, I used a variety of chocolates.
- Let the cake set.
Notes
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