Fans of chocolate desserts know that there are dozens and even hundreds of recipes for a variety of cakes using chocolate. Almost every housewife at least once, but prepared such an exquisite treat as a chocolate cake, using a well-known recipe or “inventing” something exclusive.
I must say that there is baking with chocolate, which really won worldwide fame. For example, Austrians believe that the most delicious chocolate cake is a dessert, known as Sacher. This cake was first prepared back in 1832 by Franz Sacher, who was then a simple student in a Viennese pastry shop. It was intended for Crown Prince Metternich, who wanted to try something extraordinary. His highness liked the cooked cake so much that it became his favorite treat. And later the taste of this dessert was appreciated by the sweet tooth of the whole world.
I must say that today the recipe for the Sacher cake is known to many, but for some reason this dessert does not always turn out to be as tasty as in the Austrian pastry shops. Why is this happening? The fact is that in order to prepare a truly delicious chocolate cake, the recipe of which will be given below, you need to choose the right products.
First, you need top-grade flour with a high fiber content. Secondly, you need to use the "right" chocolate, it should not be milk, but a bitter version of the treat with the highest possible cocoa content. Thirdly, the cake needs to be baked at a certain temperature, and under no circumstances should the cabinet door be opened until after baking. By the way, this chocolate cake is baked for a long time, about an hour and a half. However, the exact time depends on the features of the oven.
The basis of the cake is a biscuit, and the baking powder is not supposed to be used in the original recipe, that is, the splendor of the cake is achieved exclusively by beaten eggs, so this point of preparation should be given special attention.
And the last condition for success is the use of natural apricot marmalade, cooked exclusively from ripe apricots and sugar, without the use of gelling agents, flavorings and colorings.
So, actually the recipe. To make a chocolate biscuit, you will need 10 medium-sized eggs that have just been removed from the refrigerator, 350 grams of powdered sugar, which can be made from regular sugar using a coffee grinder. Next, you need to buy a 100 gram bar of chocolate, the quality of which was mentioned above. You will also need 160 grams of flour, a little cognac and 50 grams of real butter (not light!).
First you need to melt the chocolate, for this it is worth using a water bath. Now break the eggs into a bowl and begin to beat. In most recipes, it is proposed to separate the yolks and proteins, but in order to get a truly magnificent biscuit, it is better to whip everything together. Beat for a long time, at least 20 minutes. Then you can add the rest of the ingredients, while eliminating the flour. Mix everything well while continuing to whisk the mass with a mixer. Now you can add flour, but you should not use the mixer anymore. We do this in parts, each time mixing with a spoon, making movements from the bottom up.
The oven should already be preheated, the temperature at the initial stage of baking is 200 degrees. We shift the dough into the form and put it in the oven. After 15 minutes of baking, you will need to lower the temperature to 160 degrees and continue the process.
Ready biscuit must be left at room temperature for a day. Then the biscuit cake is cut across in half. Both halves are soaked in syrup, cooked from sugar, water and cognac. Then the lower cake is smeared with a layer of apricot marmalade, on top of which the upper cake is laid.
From above, our chocolate cake is poured with icing, which is made from chocolate (bitter), high fat cream and butter.
Served Sacher cake with whipped cream, which are placed on a plate next to a piece of this treat.