Sacher Torte
Servings
10serves
Cook Time
70minutes
Servings
10serves
Cook Time
70minutes
Ingredients
Ganache
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 150c. Grease a deep 22cm round cake pan and line with baking paper.
  2. Combine chopped chocolate and the water in a small saucepan, stir over low heat until chocolate has melted. Remove from heat.
  3. Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with butter until combined. Mixture will curdle but will come together later.
  4. Transfer mixture into large bowl; using a wooden spoon, stir in sifted flour, cocoa, almond meal and warm chocolate mixture. Mix well, pour into prepared pan.
  5. Bake cake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Stand cake for 10 minutes then turn onto wire rack, turn cake topside up to cook.
  6. Using serrated knife spilt cake in half, sandwich layers with jam. Place cake on wire rack over tray, using a spatula spread a thin layer of ganache over cake.
  7. Heat remaining ganache over a saucepan of simmering water, stirring, until a pouring consistency to strain into a jug. Using a spatula and working quickly pour ganache over cake, smoothing it all over the top and the sides. Stand at room temperature until ganache sets.