Serious Eats: Recipes
Sachertorte
[Photograph: Ellen Silverman]
With its layers of deeply chocolaty cake spiked with cinnamon and rum and a bright stripe of apricot jam running through the center, the Sachertorte is the most widely recognized Viennese pastry for good reason; this elegant cake is decadent and absolutely delicious.
Reprinted with permission from Neue Cuisine by Kurt Gutenbrunner. Copyright © 2011. Published by Rizzoli. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.