A Slice Of Heaven

Like many I have a major sweet tooth. I will eat almost anything cakes, tarts, cookies, you name it and I’ll be there with a smile on my face. Is it chocolate? Even better! Now a classic dessert loved by all is chocolate cake. It may seem like a generic dessert that you see at every birthday party, but there’s one hotel that has perfected the art of chocolate cake and they’ve been doing it right for 175 years!

It’s called the Sacher-Torte as a reference to the Hotel in which the recipe was born, the Hotel Sacher Vienna. Pastry chefs have tried and failed to replicate this delicious morsel of moist chocolate cake covered in a thin layer of apricot jam and chocolate icing that melts like velvet in your mouth. Nothing can compare to this slice of heaven.

There are only 4 places in the world, all in Austria, that serve the ORIGINAL Sacher-Torte as the hotel has kept the recipe strictly confidential. If you can’t make it all the way to Austria for this tasty treat, don’t fret. You can order one online and have it delivered to your doorstep!

If you do happen to find yourself in Vienna you definitely want to stop in and see what all the fuss is about, you won’t regret it. Not only will you be eating a piece of history, but you’ll be enjoying it in a glamorous café that opens up to a conservatory where the prominent figures such as Indira Ghandhi, Queen Elizabeth II and John F. Kennedy have all made appearances.

The World Famous Sacher-Torte – Photo courtesy of Glen Scarborough