Sacher Torte

Ingredients

5 tablespoons butter, at room temp
6 tablespoons sugar
3 ounces semisweet chocolate pieces, melted
1 cup plus 1 TBL flour
1/2 cup apricot jam

Preparation

1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees . Grease & lightly flour a deep 8" springform pan.
2
Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually & cream until fluffy. Add the chocolate & mix thoroughly, scraping the bottom of the bowl several times. Add the yolks 1 at a time & mix well after each addition. Stir in the flour until no particles show.
3
Beat the whites until stiff but not dry & gently fold them into the batter until no white shows.
4
Turn the batter into the prepared pan & bake on the lower rack of the oven until the cake shrinks from the sides of the pan & rebounds to the touch when pressed gently in the center, or about 1 1/4 hours.
5
Let the cake stand 10 minutes on a rack before turning out of the pan. (the cake will shrink slightly on cooling.)
6
Turn the cake out on the rack, turn right side up & let if finish cooling.
7
Stand the rack & cake on wax paper & spread the top of the cake with jam. Pour any desired chocolate icing over the cake & spread it quickly to coat the top & sides.

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Comments

Leyla Hur's picture

Oh my! This sound delicious!!! Can't WAIT to make it. :))

Yield:

10.0 servings

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Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 11:37am

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