No trip to Austria is complete without enjoying a piece of Sacher Torte. The chocolate cake's inventor would have turned 200 years old on December 19. Even Google is celebrating. Franz Sacher is one ...

In the former kitchen of the Esterházy manor house in Želiezovce – once presided over by famed Viennese chef Franz Sacher – a new café will soon open its doors. Nearly 200 years after Sacher cooked ...

For some time, famous Austrian confectioner Franz Sacher (1816-1907) used to live in what is today south-western Slovakia. Sacher is perhaps best known for his Sachertorte, a chocolate cake that is a ...

Vienna is a city of opulence, and the most palatial hotel in the Austrian capital is Hotel Sacher — yes, of the Sachertorte cake fame. Positioned bang in the heart of Vienna, opposite the opera, the ...

The longest roll, the longest baklava, and now the largest Sacher cake in the world… The Stritarjeva street in Ljubljana was the scene of the battle for so desired slices of the giant cake. The Vienna ...

Vienna’s coffee houses are places “where time and space are consumed, but only the coffee is found on the bill”. So reads the UNESCO description of these institutions. Time and space may satisfy a ...

09:40, Thu, Mar 20, 2025 Updated: 09:49, Thu, Mar 20, 2025 Best left a day or two before cutting, the Sachertorte cake is best baked today or tomorrow for a lovely bite at the weekend. Mary Berry ...