Some culinary inventions are forever associated with the era, location, or person responsible for putting them on the map. Whether it's a Waldorf salad or eggs Benedict, some dishes can't ever escape ...

"Let us eat cake!" I long to shout as we're led through the top-secret facility in Vienna where the world-famous sacher-torte is made. This is a rare privilege, one never before granted to a group of ...

Not one crumb is out of place on Café Sacher’s sachertorte. A slick of smooth apricot jam is sandwiched between two layers of neat chocolate sponge, the whole thing cloaked in a precisely 4mm-thick ...

From the flakey and sweet-tart Apfelstrudel and the famous chocolate-and-apricot Sachertorte, to a pastry inspired by the Mozart chococlates crafted in Salzburg — Austria has some of the most ...

The young Jewish man who created this beloved confection in 1832 couldn’t have imagined that Americans would one day celebrate National Sacher Torte Day. But we do. At just 16 years old, a Jewish cook ...

From the coffee houses of Vienna to the pastry shops of Salzburg, traditional Austrian desserts are some of the most memorable sweets in Europe. These classic recipes let you recreate those ...

Pastries abound in the kaffeehauses of Vienna, including famously guarded secrets like the sperl-schnitte at Café Sperl, or more well-known desserts like the linzer torte. The sacher torte dates back ...