When visiting Vienna, Austria, you have a chance to taste some traditional dishes from Austrian cuisine. After enjoying Wiener Schnitzel and the famous Apfelstrudel, head to one of the few selected places that serve the original Sachertorte, the chocolatey dessert that will wow even the pickiest eaters.
You can taste versions of Sachertorte in many places around the world since this is one of the most copied recipes for cakes ever. However, if you want to try the original recipe, designed by chef Franz Sacher in 1832, you should head to Austria.
Sacher created the cake after a rich heir requested a special dessert to be made and it became a huge success. He used chocolate as a base as he loved it very much, and to this day it’s one of the most delicious chocolate cakes ever made.
The recipe is protected by a trademark. You can try it in Hotel Sacher in Vienna or Salzburg, in Sacher Cafeé in Innsbruck or Graz, or at the Vienna Airport.
There’s one place outside of Austria that serves the original Sachertorte and it’s the Sacher Shop in Bolzano, Italy. You can see Sacher cakes in many cake shops around the world, and while probably delicious, they are not made using the original 19th-century recipe.
