"The Sachertorte is an Austrian dessert you need to try at least once. It is a rich, dense, layered chocolate torte topped with a thick chocolate ganache. Between each layer is a semi-sweet spread of apricot jam. There are two different origin stories for this famed dessert. According to multiple accounts, it was created in 1832 by chef Franz Sacher."
"However, in an interview Sacher gave in 1906, he said that he invented the tort in 1850 in Pressburg while employed at a local casino. No matter when and where it was invented, it was made even more famous by Sacher's son. Eduard Sacher helped the dessert gain a cult-like following in 1876 after opening Hotel Sacher. He trademarked the recipe and added it to the establishment's menu, laying claim on its official origins and recipe."
The Sachertorte is a rich, dense, layered chocolate torte topped with thick chocolate ganache and filled between layers with semi-sweet apricot jam. Multiple origin accounts attribute creation to Franz Sacher, with dates and locations varying between 1832 for Prince Metternich and 1850 in Pressburg. Eduard Sacher popularized the dessert after opening Hotel Sacher in 1876, trademarking the recipe and adding it to the hotel menu. After Eduard’s death, a sale of the recipe to the Demel pastry shop and Demel’s 1934 menu listing as the Eduard Sacher Torte produced competing claims. Hotel Sacher trademarked the name Original Sachertorte, producing a long-running recipe dispute.
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