Sacher Torte Day is observed annually on December 5.
Sacher Torte, also known as Sachertorte, is a unique type of chocolate cake (or torte) that was invented by Austrian Franz Sacher in 1832. Sacher Torte is one of Vienna’s most famous culinary specialties.
Franz Sacher was only an apprentice when Prince Wenzel Von Metternich ordered a special dessert from the kitchen for his guests. With the chef ill, Sacher stepped in for his superior and created what is known world wide as the Sacher Torte.
His son, Eduard, went on to perfect this decadent dessert. The Sacher Torte is created with apricot jam between layers of rich, chocolate sponge cake and topped with a layer of chocolate icing.
The original recipe is a secret protected today and served exclusively by the Sacher Hotels in Vienna and Salzburg.
A torte (from Italian torta) is a rich, usually multi-layered, cake that is filled with whipped cream, butter creams,mousses, jams, or fruits.
- When comparing tortes and cakes, you will notice that the cake is lighter than the torte. Cakes are made with cake flour alone.
- Tortes are commonly baked in a spring form pan.
- The most well-known of the typical tortes include the Austrian Sacher torte.
- Sacher Torte, a chocolate cake filled with apricot jam and covered with chocolate icing. It was created in Vienna in 1832 by a 16 year old apprentice baker named Franz Sacher for Prince Metternich.
- Recipes similar to that of the Sacher torte appeared as early as the eighteenth century, one instance being in the 1718 cookbook of Conrad Hagger.
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