Sacher Torte

Sacher Torte from Austria.  Recipe courtesy of Hanna - an Austrian student who stayed with us for many weeks 2 years ago, it is her mothers recipe.

125g butter
250g icing sugar
1t vanilla
5 egg yolks
5 egg whites, beaten to stiff peaks
100g dark chocolate
2 t cocoa
200g flour
1/2 t baking powder
125 ml milk

*  cream butter, sugar, vanilla and yolks
* add melted chocolate and cocoa. Mix well
* add flour, baking powder and milk.  Mix till well combined
*  fold in egg whites
Bake 45-55 mins at 160 degrees.

Leave cake to cool, split in half and cover middle, top and sides in apricot glaze and then chocolate glaze an hour later

Apricot glaze
1  cup apricot jam
2 T water
heat together and mix thoroughly. Strain lumps out with a seive.

Chocolate Glaze
100 g very dark chocolate
1 C sugar
1/2 C water
Heat together in a pot, stirring occasionally, and then boil together over a medium heat until reaches 234 F (112 C).  Cool for 1 min and then pour over cake.