So....a few might know I tried to make a sacher torte. I [mostly] failed, but it tasted great!
![[Image: DasiAjR.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/DasiAjR.jpg)
It rose a little too high, and cracked. ...I probably needed to use less batter and should have baked it a little drier. Then, post baking, inverted it to keep the fluffy sponge-cake-ish goodness.
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It's almost amazing how many blunders you can hide with chocolate. ...unless that chocolate is also a blunder. I shoulda made sure I had heavy cream. ...and maybe probably have mixed the warm cream into the melted chocolate instead of trying to mix the melted chocolate into the near-boiling milk I used instead. ...shoulda been a LOT smoother. (and maybe have added just a tiny little bit of oil so it would have been glossy like the picture after cooling, instead of mostly-melting.
![[Image: YYQhMlR.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/YYQhMlR.jpg)
In the end, it looked a bit rough, but the overall shape and taste were there? (I wouldn't know. I've never had a sacher torte before.)
Recipe:Â http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sacher-Torte/Detail.aspx
...next time, perhaps I'll use strawberry or cherry preserves instead.
It rose a little too high, and cracked. ...I probably needed to use less batter and should have baked it a little drier. Then, post baking, inverted it to keep the fluffy sponge-cake-ish goodness.
It's almost amazing how many blunders you can hide with chocolate. ...unless that chocolate is also a blunder. I shoulda made sure I had heavy cream. ...and maybe probably have mixed the warm cream into the melted chocolate instead of trying to mix the melted chocolate into the near-boiling milk I used instead. ...shoulda been a LOT smoother. (and maybe have added just a tiny little bit of oil so it would have been glossy like the picture after cooling, instead of mostly-melting.
In the end, it looked a bit rough, but the overall shape and taste were there? (I wouldn't know. I've never had a sacher torte before.)
Recipe:Â http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sacher-Torte/Detail.aspx
...next time, perhaps I'll use strawberry or cherry preserves instead.
