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Sachertorte sold at a café Sachertorte from Budapest Sachertorte as a present. Sachertorte (UK: / ˈ z æ x ər t ɔːr t ə / ZAKH-ər-tor-tə, US: / ˈ s ɑː k ər t ɔːr t / SAH-kər-tort; German: [ˈzaxɐˌtɔʁtə] ⓘ) is a chocolate cake, or torte, of Austrian origin, [1] [2] invented by Franz Sacher, [3] supposedly in 1832 for Prince Metternich in Vienna.
Punschkrapfen or Punschkrapferl (punch cake) is a nougat and jam filled sponge cake soaked with rum from Austrian cuisine. Besides the filling, it is similar to the French petit four. Today, one can find Punschkrapfen in most pastry shops and bakeries in Austria and the Czech Republic.
It is named after the city of Linz, Austria. Linzer torte is a very short, crumbly pastry made of flour, unsalted butter, egg yolks, lemon zest, cinnamon and lemon juice, and ground nuts, usually hazelnuts, but even walnuts or almonds are used, covered with a filling of redcurrant, raspberry, or apricot preserves.
An alternative filling is a paste of minced walnuts, making it a walnut roll. The dough is made of flour, sugar, egg yolk, milk or sour cream and butter, and yeast. [25] The dough may be flavored with lemon or orange zest or rum. The poppy seed filling [26] may contain ground poppy seeds, raisins, butter or milk, sugar or honey, rum and vanilla.
Austrian cakes and pastries are a well-known feature of its cuisine. Perhaps the most famous is the Sachertorte , a chocolate cake with apricot jam filling, traditionally eaten with whipped cream. Among the cakes with the longest tradition is the Linzer Torte .
Strudel (/ ˈ s t r uː d əl / STROO-dəl, German: [ˈʃtʁuːdl̩] ⓘ) is a type of layered pastry with a filling that is usually sweet, but savoury fillings are also common. It became popular in the 18th century throughout the Habsburg Empire. Strudel is part of Austrian cuisine and German cuisine but is also common in other Central ...
Esterházy torta is a Hungarian cake named after Prince Paul III Anton Esterházy de Galántha (1786–1866), a member of the Esterházy dynasty and diplomat of the Austrian Empire. It was invented by Budapest confectioners in the late 19th century [1] and soon became one of the most famous cakes in the lands of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
Austrian cardinal slice, [1] or simply cardinal slice (German: kardinalschnitte) is a traditional Austrian cake. [1] The white and gold colors of cardinal slice reference the colors of the Catholic Church , however, according to another source, the colors reference the Vatican . [ 2 ]