National Sacher Torte Day

Apricot Glaze

Icing being added to a Sachertorte

Sachertorte Bites

Sachertorte Slice

The Sachertorte is a chocolate cake. It was invented by chance by an Austrian Jewish Chef by the name of Franz Sacher in 1832 for Klemens Wenzel von Metternich in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialties.

The Original Sachertorte is only made in Vienna and Salzburg, and it is shipped from both locations.

The only place where the Original Sacher Torte is available outside of Austria is in the Sacher shop of Bolzano (Bozen), Italy. That is unless you have the recipe and know how to make one yourself.

It truly isn’t hard it just takes a bit of patience and with patience, anything is possible… For the entire recipe and ingredients list give us an email, we don’t mind sharing, but we wanna see some effort to get that highly regarded classic recipe.

Sugar Fix Desserts

I slid through this fresh bakery in Pasadena the other day and got some treats. Everything was great but what especially stood apart from the rest where the Pineapple Upside Down Cupcake and the Campfire Cupcake. It truly takes a bit of skill, patience and know how, to create something as light and fluffy yet full over natural fresh flavors like Sugar Fix does with these two delights.

I also noticed that their boxes don't have that typical slick layer on them like most bakery's, which I don't know about you, but I feel like sometimes that stuff comes off under moist cupcakes.
Anyways check em out and enjoy some great desserts, from pies, to cupcakes to tea cakes and oatmeal cookies, they do things right.

For more info on where to find them check out their website: Sugar Fix Desserts
And also check back next week when we do a full review of all the goodies they have to offer.

Classic Throwback Recipe: Chocolate Amaretto Brownies w/ Walnuts

The Chocolate Brownie. The ultimate dessert that almost needs no sidekick when being eaten. With a few key ingredients and a bit of time perfect brownies are as easy to make as tying your shoes (yeah I know some people cant tie a shoe to save their lives but that is a topic I'll address later.) 

These brownies use a bit of Amaretto and Walnuts to give the ultimate flavor and crunch to top off the Fudge / Cake-like consistency. 

These aren't those nasty brownies you find at the local convenience store, these right here are the kind that make people ask for seconds or thirds and fight over the last few scraps in the pan. 

Don't worry about the Amaretto overpowering the chocolate or leaving any kind of alcoholic taste it mellows out when the Brownies hit the oven.

Enjoy.