Sacher Torte

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 4 ounces sweet chocolate
• 6 eggs, separated
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 1 1/8 cups toasted breadcrumbs, very fine
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup apricot jam
• chocolate frosting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325f and butter/line with waxed paper two 8" cake pans.
• 2 beat egg whites to stiff peaks; add salt.
• 3 in another bowl, cream butter and sugar together; add confectioners sugar and beat thoroughly.
• 4 melt chocolate and add to creamed mixture.
• 5 add 1 egg yolk at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 mix lemon rind, cinnamon, cloves and bread crumbs; stir into batter.
• 7 fold egg whites gently into batter.
• 8 divid batter between the two prepared pans and bake for 25 minutes.
• 9 turn out cooling rack and gently remove waxed paper.
• 10 when cool, spread jam on one layer.
• 11 stack second layer on the first one.
• 12 frost with chocolate frosting.