
Austrian Christmas Sachertorte
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Serves/Makes: 16 | Ready In: 1-2 hrs
***Torte***
1 cup butter
8 egg yolks
6 ounces cooking chocolate
1 cup confectioners' sugar
vanilla extract
10 egg whites
1 cup flour
4 tablespoons apricot jam
***Chocolate Frosting***
1 cup sugar
7 ounces cooking chocolate
1 cup water
Cream butter with a mixer.
Melt chocolate in a double boiler.
Gradually add the melted chocolate, sugar, and egg yolks (one by one) to the creamed butter, stirring constantly.
Add flour and a dash of vanilla and beat well.
Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into batter. Pour mixture into a well-greased 10-inch mold.
Bake at 300 degrees F for about 1 hour.
Let cool and turn out of mold. Split and spread heated and slightly diluted apricot jam over the lower half of the cake.
Replace top and brush with apricot jam and cover with chocolate frosting.
Chocolate Frosting: Boil sugar and water until sugar is completely dissolved.
Melt the chocolate separately in a double boiler.
Add sugar syrup gradually to chocolate, stirring constantly.
When cooled, frost the cake.
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Recipe ID: 15246
per serving: 380 calories, 27g fat, 36g carbohydrates, 7g protein.
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