Sacher Sponge Tutorial

Sacher Sponge Tutorial

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Learn how to make Sacher Sponge.

In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to make one of my favourite chocolate sponge recipes. It is firmer than basic sponge and contains chocolate instead of cocoa powder. I first discovered this sponge when I was in Vienna in 1977 and tasted it at the famous Sacher Hotel.

Sacher Sponge Recipe

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Tools & Materials
Mixing bowls
1 large, 3 small
Rubber Scraper
Hand Mixer
Sieve
Cake Ring
2 x 5cm high 25cm Round
Aluminium Foil
Thicker is preferred.
Recipes & Ingredients
2kg for2 rings
Sacher sponge is my favourite chocolate sponge to use for a variety of Gateaux and my second favourite sponge for wedding and novelty cakes. It is…

4 comments

  1. Maria B Rugolo says:

    Help please me understand why my chocolate siezed when incorporating egg yolks? I am using 85% dark chocolate. This happened twice. The first time, I thought I might have gotten some egg white mixed in with the yolks. However, the second time, I was careful to separate yolks carefully. I wish to understand what caused this failure. Could it be that the melted chocolate needs to rest before incorporating the oil and the room temperature yolks?
    God bless you Chef and thank you.

    You are so very kind to share your knowledge and expertise in a way that gives me confidence to try. I hope to understand where I went wrong here.

  2. my_thea says:

    Dear Chef
    May i use flour for all purpose or not? Thank you

  3. Daniel Real says:

    How would you change this recipe to make a white chocolate Sacher sponge cake?

    Thank you for these great lessons Yener! We’re going to use these recipes in our own wedding cake!

    1. Serdar Yener says:

      Just replace the couverture with white chocolate.

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