Sacher Torte

Name: Sacher Torte
Cuisine: Eastern European & German
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 3/4 cup, unbleached all-purpose flour (3¾ ounces/106 grams); 1/4 cup, Dutch-processed cocoa (¾ ounce/21 grams); 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 6 , large eggs; 1 cup, sugar (7 ounces/198 grams); 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 1/3 cups, apricot jam (one 18-ounce/510-gram jar); 1/2 cup, heavy cream; 2 tablespoons, light corn syrup; 4 ounces (113 grams), semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Eastern European & German
Cakes

Can a homemade version of this fancy chocolate and apricot-flavored Viennese cake compete with the real deal? We say, unequivocably, yes it can.

SERVES 8 to 10

TIME 3 hours, plus 1 ½ hours refrigeration

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