Sacher Torte

Name: Sacher Torte
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Cuisine: Eastern European & German
Ingredients: 1 jar, apricot jam (18 ounces [510 grams], about 1 1/3 cups); 1/2 cup, heavy cream; 2 tablespoons, light corn syrup; 4 ounces (113 grams), semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 recipe, Chocolate Génoise, cooled and split in half according to illustrations below

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Desserts or Baked Goods

Eastern European & German

Cakes

Can a homemade version of this fancy chocolate and apricot-flavored Viennese cake compete with the real deal? We say, unequivocably, yes it can.

SERVES8 to 10

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