How to Prepare Award-winning Sacher Torte

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, sacher torte. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Sacher Torte is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Sacher Torte is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sacher torte using 20 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sacher Torte:

1. Get Cake base:
2. Take 150 g soft butter
3. Get 150 g powdered sugar
4. Get 1/2 vanilla bean (or 1 Tbsp vanilla sugar, or 1 tsp extract)
5. Take 7 egg yolks
6. Make ready 150 g dark couverture chocolate
7. Prepare 1-2 Tbsp Brandy or rum (optional)
8. Make ready 7 egg whites
9. Prepare 30 g sugar
10. Take 150 g cake flour
11. Make ready 1 tsp baking powder (optional)
12. Prepare Fruit jam glaze:
13. Get 120 g apricot, red current or raspberry jam
14. Make ready 50 g sugar
15. Get 4 Tbsp water
16. Get 1 Tbsp lemon juice (1/2 lemon squeezed)
17. Take Chocolate icing:
18. Get 200 g sugar
19. Make ready 125 ml water
20. Make ready 150 g dark couverture chocolate

Steps to make Sacher Torte:

1. Preheat oven to 170C. Oil and dust with flour a 26 cm springform.
2. Cream the butter with the powdered sugar, and vanilla/vanilla sugar until fluffy. Add the egg yolks one by one and stir in the warm, melted chocolate. Add brandy/rum if using.
3. Beat the egg whites with the sugar until stiff peaks form then pour over the creamed butter/sugar. Sieve the flour over top the egg whites and fold in lightly until well mixed.
4. Pour the batter into the springform and even out.
5. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the center. For the first 12 minutes, prop the oven door open the width of a finger so the batter can rise before forming a crust. Let cool overnight.
6. Make the jam glaze: In a small pot, cook the jam with the sugar, water and lemon juice. When it boils down to a third, run it through a sieve.
7. While still hot, spread over the cake and let cool for at least 2 hours before spreading the chocolate topping.
8. Make the chocolate icing: Cook the sugar in the water for 5 minutes. Let cool somewhat.
9. Melt the chocolate in a water bath and gradually stir in the sugar water.
10. Stirring frequently, let the icing cool until creamy yet still fairly liquid-y. (The consistency depends on the temperature). When it’s the correct consistency, immediately spread over the cake.
11. Let cool. Serve with whipped cream if you like.

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