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 ...

This is the cake I chose for Jane. It's a dark chocolate cake with an unusual and addictive texture. The secret lies in using chocolate with a high cocoa content. It can be made in one to four layers, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You still have time to plan, shop for and prepare a spectacular dessert for Christmas dinner. It’s easy if you make the recipe I share here for sachertorte, a rich, beautiful Austrian layer cake ...

A European woman has gone viral in India for offering a traditional Austrian chocolate cake to Lord Ganesha. Gloria Reich Gotthard, who describes herself as a “Sanatana Dharmi from Austria,” presented ...

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 ...