I'm making this version of the Sacher Torte tomorrow and will let you
know how it turns out! I am quite good with glazing cakes...

HS

jacqui{JB} wrote:
> "Sapphire" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>
> >> Can anyone comment on this Sacher Torte recipe?
> >>
> >>
>
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci...6_17595,00.htm
> l
>
> > The recipe sounds delicious! Even though it would
> > you be your first time baking it - and you really
> > shouldn't - I would substitute the apricots and the
> > liquor with raspberries and a raspberry liquor. I am
> > sucker for chocolate and raspberries, and tend to
> > think they go better together than chocolate and
> > apricots - but then again I am not an apricot fan .
>
> But then it wouldn't be a Sachertorte, which is a very specific
concoction
> of chocolate cake with apricot filling. Don't knock it 'til you've
tried
> it -- it's really lovely. Of course, I might be somewhat biased,
since I
> ate Sachertorte for the first time at Cafe Sacher in Vienna -- enough
to
> color anyone's perceptions.
>
> The original Sachertorte recipe remains a closely guarded secret, but
I
> think the link posted by the OP (restored above -- and hey, Sapphire,
would
> you consider quoting a bit of the posts that you reply to? That way
your
> posts don't just hang out there, referring to nothing if propagation
is
> wonky) sounds fine. To my mind, the most tricky thing is getting the
> chocolate glaze right. A sponge cake is a sponge cake is a sponge
cake, and
> the quality of the apricot filling will depend on the quality of the
> preserves, but the glaze is quite specific.
>
> Anyway, give it a try -- and it would be really nice if the OP got
back to
> us, to tell us how it went.
> -j