Cakes · Original adaptation
Home-Kitchen Sachertorte Recipe
A dark chocolate cake layered with apricot preserve and finished with a smooth chocolate glaze.
Inspired by The Great British Bake Off, Season 2, Episode 8
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Home-Kitchen Sachertorte
- Prep
- 40 min
- Bake
- 38 min
- Total
- 1 hr 18 min
- Makes
- One 20 cm cake, serving 10
Ingredients
- 140 g dark chocolate
- 140 g unsalted butter, softened
- 120 g caster sugar
- 5 large eggs, separated
- 100 g plain flour
- 40 g ground almonds
- 180 g apricot jam
- 120 ml double cream
- 120 g dark chocolate, chopped
Method
Heat the oven to 170 C, or 150 C fan. Grease and line a 20 cm round pan.
Melt the first chocolate amount and cool slightly. Beat the butter with 80 g sugar, then beat in the yolks and melted chocolate. Fold in the flour and almonds.
Whisk the whites to soft peaks, add the remaining sugar, and whisk until glossy. Fold into the batter and bake for 35 to 38 minutes.
Cool, split the cake horizontally, and spread warm jam between the layers and over the top and sides.
Heat the cream until steaming, pour over the chopped chocolate, and stir smooth. Cool until slightly thickened, then pour over the cake and leave to set.
From the episode
Final
This adaptation starts from the episode's final brief and reshapes it for ordinary home equipment and a manageable batch.
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The sources below document the episode challenge. The quantities and method on this page are independently written by Baking Show Guide; they are not copied from a contestant or broadcaster recipe.
