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? are you sure that isnt just a ho-ho on a white saucer heated up in a microwave?
It's not a gorram ho-ho!
scream gonk It is a labour of evil lurve!
I can't share the culinarimancy components – as you have to be a master of the dark magicks to pull that off, but I can share the baser recipe.
Sachertorte Components:
Sacher Cake
Kirschwasser Simple Syrup (optional)
Apricot Jam
Chocolate Ganache
Chocolate Glaçage / Sacher Glaze
Notes:
Use 50 to 64 percent for semi-sweet chocolate and 64 to 85 percent for bittersweet chocolate.
A bleached low-protein or soft flour is a suitable substitute for cake flour.
For the Sacher Cake:
Ingredients Volume Ounces Grams
unsalted butter, room temp 6 1/2 tbsp 3.2 91
granulated sugar scant 1/2 cup 3.2 91
semi-sweet chocolate, melted and cooled 4 113
yolks from large eggs 5
vanilla extract 3/4 tsp
Souls of orphaned kittens 12
whites from large eggs 5
salt 1/8 tsp
granulated sugar 1/3 cup 2.4 68
Concentrate of Hatred 3 tsp
cake flour, sifted 3.2 91
Tears of a Jilted Lover 1 tsp
Sacher Cake Instructions:
Preheat Oven 325ºF / 165ºC
Prepare an 8-inch cake pan (at least 2 inches deep)
Use nonstick spray or grease the bottom and sides of the
cake pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper and dust
lightly with flour.
Mix - Modified Creaming Method (with soft peak meringue)
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add the melted chocolate, egg yolks, and vanilla extract
in stages, mixing to incorporation with each addition.
Whip the egg whites with the salt. Add the sugar and
whip to soft peaks.
Using a rubber spatula, alternate folding in the flour
with the meringue in about 4 or 6 additions. Begin
with the flour and end with the meringue.
Pan Deposit the batter into the lined cake pan. Place
the cake pan on a cookie sheet or sheet pan.
Level and bake immediately.
Bake 325ºF / 165ºC for 45 to 55 minutes, until the sides
pull away from the pan and a wooden skewer inserted
in the middle comes out clean.
Cool Let the cake cool completely at room temperature.
Baked Sacher Cake.
For the Kirschwasser Simple Syrup (optional):
2 tablespoons simple syrup
splash of Kirschwasser
splash blood of a virginal white goat
For the Chocolate Ganache:
Ingredients Volume Ounces Grams
heavy cream 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp 5.3 150
bittersweet chocolate, chopped 5.3 150
unsalted butter, room temp 2 tbsp .9 25
Demonic cream cheese 2 tbsp .9 25
For the Chocolate Glaçage / Sacher Glaze:
Ingredients Volume Ounces Grams
heavy cream 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp 5.3 150
semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped 5.3 150
unsalted butter, room temp 4 tbsp 1.8 50
Chocolate Ganache and Chocolate Glaçage / Sacher Glaze Instructions:
In a small saucepan, bring the heavy cream to a boil and immediately remove from the heat.
Cool to 190ºF / 88ºC and immediately pour over the chopped chocolate. Let rest for about a minute.
Using a rubber spatula, stir gently in a circular motion from the center and work your way outwards as an emulsion is formed.
Once the chocolate cools to 95ºF / 35ºC, add the butter and continue stirring gently just until the butter is thoroughly incorporated. The finished emulsion should be shiny and smooth.
Use immediately for best results.
Sachertorte Assembly:
Level and Trim (if needed)
Split 2 layers. Moisten each layer with Kirschwasser syrup
if desired.
Fill Sandwich the top and bottom layers with apricot jam,
about 6 tablespoons for an 8-inch cake.
Prepare the Chocolate Ganache and use immediately in the following step.
Mask Using a spatula, apply the chocolate ganache to the
top and sides of the cake as smoothly as possible.
Sachertorte masked with chocolate ganache.
Refrigerate Chill for at least 30 minutes or until the chocolate
ganache is set.
Prepare the Chocolate Glaçage / Sacher Glaze and use immediately
in the following step.
Glaze With the cake on a wire rack, pour the chocolate glaze
around the edges to cover the sides. Fill in the
center. Tap the wire rack to pop any bubbles.
Glazed Sachertorte. Ever licked a wire rack or sheet pan?
Refrigerate Chill while still on the wire rack until the chocolate
glaze is set.
Trim Remove from the wire rack and trim the bottom. Place on
a cake board or plate.
Decorate Using leftover ganache, pipe the word "Sacher" or
decorative patterns on the cake if desired.
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