Elaine's Sachertorte

Also known as Elaine's Famous Chocolate Cake, this decadent Sachertorte is a rich and moist chocolate cake topped with a smooth chocolate ganache.

Ingredients

• 100g Dark Chocolate
• 200g Dark Chocolate (For Ganache)
• 160ml Cream (For Ganache)
• 250ml Water
• 125g Butter
• 3x Eggs
• 150g Self-raising Flour
• 70ml Cocoa
• 60g Ground Almonds

Instructions

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 130°C.
2. Melt the chocolate in the water.
3. Cream the butter with the sugar (Machine Recommended).
4. Slowly add eggs, one by one, to the creamed butter, mixing thoroughly.
5. Sift flour, cocoa and ground almonds together into the creamed butter mixture, and mix.
6. Add the melted chocolate.

Baking

7. Place mixture in round baking tin.
8. Place in oven for 35 minutes.

Ganache

1. Melt chocolate in the cream.
2. Pour over the hot cake.

Tips

• Wait for the cake and ganache to cool before decorating.
• When the chocolate ganache is on the cake, you can blow cake glitter on or add any other type of decorative cake goodies.
• Make it your own.