Sachertorte is a cake that originated in Austria and is one of my favourite things to eat. It’s basically a dense chocolate cake with apricot jam inside and covered with chocolate icing.
I was whining to Cart, about wanting Sachertorte for the longest time that he decided to get some from two different places in the same day! One from a random pasticceria (which is cheaper) and another from the reputedly best place to get Sachertorte according to tripadvisor (which was more expensive)
It was unexpected and such a nice surprise that I had the sudden inspiration to do a video and try to guess which cake was the more expensive one.
I am very amused :p
Not double blind!! I could tell from the video leh… One has shinier icing than the other.. 😛
Shiny means expensive :p
Oh I Miss Sachertorte! Need to go to Vienna airport to buy some
Get me some too if you’re stopping by Rome! Hehehe
And then I’ll take you to this shop in Rome and we’ll compare them together 🙂
So now we know that the pastry shop does a better job than the ‘reputed’ one!
Oh no Marina, now im craving fr sachertorte too 😛
Hahaha! I still want some now, they are both long gone already!
Dai, Sally, lets go to Trastevere in Rome and get some of the best sachertorte in Rome 😉
Yes Marina, u must bring me there when we come to Rome in the future! 😉 n we’ll make a trip to try all the special dolci.
Your enunciation is so different! You sound like an awesome newsreader on Al Jazeera or BBC.
Actually, the expensive one is closer to the original. Also, in my opinion, its flavors are better balanced. The chocolate cake is denser and firmer, and the icing is the hard type (hence not so shiny…), as it’s supposed to be (like in the original from Hotel Sacher in Vienna). Rinaz can be excused because she didn’t have a chance to try the original one (yet).
All the more reason to eat even MORE!
Cartcart, I’ve tasted the original one at that hotel in Vienna but the taste did not make me go to seventh heaven 🙁
But of course, Marina..u should try it for yrself! 😛
Let’s go to Austria!!!