Sachertorte

sachertorte

250g sugar
150g butter, room temperature
6 eggs, separated
141g unsweetened or semisweet chocolate, melted, cooled
40g ground toasted blanched almonds
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
130g all-purpose flour
¼ cup milk
50g fine breadcrumbs
4 tbsp rum
100g apricot jam, sieved

1. Preheat oven to 375 F (190C). Grease and flour a 9-inch spring form pan.

2. In a medium bowl, cream sugar with butter. Beat in egg yolks, 1 at a time. Stir in chocolate, almonds and vanilla. Stir in ½ the flour alternately with ½ the milk. Blend well. Beat in remaining flour and milk. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Stir breadcrumbs and ¼ of the beaten egg whites into chocolate mixture. Fold in remaining egg whites.

3. Pour into prepared pan. Baked 35 to 40 minutes or until cake tests done. Remove from oven. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Then remove from pan and cool on a wire rack for several hours. Split cake into 3 equal layers.

4. To assemble cake, position bottom layer on a serving plate. Sprinkle with ½ the rum; spread lightly with 1/3 of the jam. Top with second layer. Repeat process with liqueur and jam. Cover 2 layers with top layer. Spread with remaining jam. Cover entire cake with frosting. Use a fork to achieve rough texture on cake’s surface.