Author Notes
This Sacher torte-like cake was my favorite cake as a child. My grandmother made it for birthdays and special events and my mother continued the tradition. I don't make it for birthdays anymore but love it to finish off an elegant winter dinner, sometimes with a bit of crème anglaise or vanilla ice cream alongside. —Gail Monaghan
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Ingredients
- Chocolate Cake
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1 cup
milk
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3/4 cup
cocoa
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1/3 cup
white sugar
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2
sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
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1 cup
dark brown sugar
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3
eggs at room temperature
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1/4 cup
sour cream or crème fraiche
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1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
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2 cups
sifted cake flour
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1 1/2 teaspoons
baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon
salt
- Orange Filling
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1 1/3 cups
orange marmalade
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1-2 tablespoons
grand marnier or other orange liqueur
Directions
- Chocolate Cake
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
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Heat the milk in a small pan until bubbles begin to appear around the edges. Remove from the heat. Mix the cocoa and white sugar together in a small bowl and slowly beat in the warm milk. Let cool.
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Cream the butter with the brown sugar. Beat in the eggs, sour cream, and vanilla. Add the cocoa mixture. Mix the remaining dry ingredients together and gently blend into the butter mixture. Do not overbeat.
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Turn the batter into the prepared cake pans. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until the cake shrinks slightly from the sides of the pans and springs back when touched gently in the center. Cool on a rack for a few minutes, then turn out of the pans onto the rack. Let cool completely before filling and glazing.
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Lay one cake layer on a serving plate. Top with the orange filling and then the second layer.
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Melt 6 ounces of bittersweet chocolate with 2 teaspoons of tasteless vegetable oil and pour over cake. Pour the warm chocolate glaze over the cake, spreading with a metal spatula.
- Orange Filling
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Stir the liqueur into the marmalade until the desired consistency is reached.
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