Difficulty: Easy
Sachertorte
Makes 1 x 24cm cake
Ingredients
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For the cake:
- For the glaze:
- For the white chocolate cream
Instructions
- Place milk, chocolate and sugar in a small heatproof bowl and place on top of a pot with simmering water, making sure the water doesn't touch the bottom your bowl. Once chocolate is melted, take the bowl of the heat then mix in the cream. Chill for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 170C. Greases and line a 24cm cake pan.
- In a medium bowl, make a meringue by whisking the egg whites and sugar together on medium until glossy. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add yolks one at a time mixing after each addition. Add warm melted chocolate. Fold in flour then fold in meringue.
- Pour batter into the cake pan and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs.
- Remove from oven and let cool completely. Remove from the pan and cut in half so that you have a sandwich. Place the halves on a cooling rack, cut part facing up.
- Warm the apricot jam until smooth. Using a palette knife or brush, spread the jam onto the cut side of each layer of the cake. Put the cake back together like before, the jam should be in between the cake sandwiches. Place the cake on a rack and put a tray underneath the rack. Set aside.
- In a small sauce pan, mix together water and sugar. Bring to the boil, and keep boiling for 5 minutes. Take off from heat and let cool for 2 minutes until the bubbling subsides.
- Slowly pour the sugar syrup on the chocolate and mix with a wooden spoon until glossy. Keep stirring until the mix thickens and cools slightly. If it becomes too thick just use an offset spatula to spread it.
- Cover the whole cake with the glaze, use an offset spatula if the glaze is too thick. Leave the cake to set until the chocolate glaze is hard. If you move or touch the cake at this stage it will crack. You can place the rack in the fridge of you want it to set faster.
- When you're ready to serve, whisk the white chocolate cream until stiff. Place in a piping bag with a large star nozzle.
- Dip the blade of a knife in hot water and cut cake slices. Pipe the white chocolate cream on the side.
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