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SACHERTORTE
3oz. (75 gm.) plain chocolate
1 Tbsp very strong coffee
1 tsp. vanilla essence
2 1/2 oz. (62 gm.) plain flour
2 1/2 oz. (62 gm.) softened butter
2 1/2 oz. (62 gm.) icing sugar, sifted
3 large eggs
Apricot jam
- Pre-heat oven to moderate, 350 F or Gas No. 4 (177 C)
- Brush a 7 inch (17.5 cm.) loose-bottomed round cake tin with melted
butter. Line base and sides with greaseproof paper. Brush with
more butter. (Or use
non stick baking paper)
- Break up chocolate and put into basin with coffee and essence. Leave
over a saucepan of hot, not boiling, water until melted, stirring
once or twice.
Leave to cool.
- Sift flour twice onto plate.
- Put butter with 1 1/2 oz. (37 gm.) sugar into mixer bowl. Cream with
beaters until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg yolks and cooled chocolate mixture. Transfer to a
second bowl.
- Put egg whites into a clean dry mixer bowl, and beat to a stiff
snow. Add remaining sugar. Continue beating until whites
are shiny and stand
in firm,
high peaks.
- Using a metal spoon, gently fold into chocolate mixture alternately
with flour.
- When smoothly combined, transfer to prepared tin.
- Bake in center of oven for 40-50 min's. or until a wooden
skewer, inserted into the center of the cake, comes
out clean.
- Leave in tin 5 min's, then turn out and cool on a wire
rack. Remove paper.
- When cake is completely cold, cut in half and sandwich
together with apricot jam. Warm some more apricot
jam, and brush over
top and sides
of cake to hold
crumbs in place and prevent them mingling with
the icing.
- Stand cake on rack and cover top and sides with
Mocha Icing.
- When serving cake accompany, in traditional style,
with a bowl of softly whipped cream.
MOCHA ICING
4oz. (100 gm.) plain chocolate
1 tsp. butter
2 tsp. instant coffee
8 tsp. hot water
2oz. (50 gm.) icing sugar, sifted.
- Break up chocolate and put in basin with butter, coffee and 3 tsp. hot
water
- Stand basin over saucepan of hot, but not boiling, water. Leave until
melted, stirring once or twice.
- Put icing sugar into mixing bowl. With mixer at low speed, gradually
beat in chocolate mixture alternately with remaining water, and
continue beating
for about 1/4 min. or until icing is smooth.
- Use straight away.
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