It started with something sweet. In 1832, Franz Sacher, a 16-year-old apprentice chef, created The Original Sacher-Torte–a moist chocolate cake with hidden layers of apricot jam–at the request of ...
Lidia Bastianich's sacher torte, a classic Austrian chocolate cake layered with apricot preserves, is deliciously moist. Sacher torte is a classic Austrian chocolate cake layered with apricot ...
“There is only one original Sacher-Torte,” our tour guide told us, “and it is here, at the Hotel Sacher.” My two friends and I exchanged glances. “That’s the chocolate cake we’re supposed to try,” ...
One of the most refined capitals in Europe, Vienna offers rich doses of European history, magnificent palaces to explore and delectable food. It can be explored for days; however, visitors can see a ...
There has been a feud simmering away in Vienna for over 200 years. And the subject of such a long-standing disagreement? Cake. Chocolate cake. And specifically, which of two prestigious establishments ...
No trip to Austria is complete without enjoying a piece of Sacher Torte. The chocolate cake's inventor would have turned 200 years old on December 19. Even Google is celebrating. Franz Sacher is one ...
THE FIRST MASOCHIST by James Cleugh. 220 pages. Stem & Day. $6.95. History has been cruel to Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. In his day—the latter half of the 19th century—he was an enormously popular ...