The Sacher cake

Hello friends of Erre4m, in this article we'll see how to make the quintessential chocolate cake: the Sacher cake!

Ingredients:

• Chocolate sponge cake base — you'll find the recipe here https://youtu.be/7e_dcnm628c
• Chocolate ganache — you'll find the recipe here https://youtu.be/vAiUHqKvh0w
• Sugar syrup — boil 230 g of water with 100 g of sugar and, once cooled, add 100 g of 40° rum

Preparation:

1. Cut the chocolate sponge cake in half 

2. Turn the top half over and soak it with a soaking syrup made from the sugar syrup

3. Fill with a layer of about 3 mm of orange marmalade and cover, pressing down lightly

4. Soak the surface too and finish with a thin layer of orange marmalade 

5. Place the cake on a cake board and leave to cool for an hour

6. Glaze the cake with the ganache at 40° and leave to cool

7. Temper some chocolate and decorate with lettering piped from a paper cone

To follow along step by step as we make the Sacher cake, watch the video!