Sacher Torte

In the nineteenth century, Vienna was the undisputed capital of the confectioner’s art. Among all of the calorie-rich, cholesterol-saturated offerings, none was more famous than the Sacher Torte. Franz Sacher was the head pastry cook of Prince Metternich and part of the famous Viennese hotel and restaurant family. He invented the Sacher Torte for the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815). Long after Sacher’s death, a great controversy about