Wow. You sure know your cakes. Vienna is a great city especially if you like art and architecture. The cakes are of course famous but I found the small cake shops in the Austrian country towns as good, if not better than in Vienna but they are all good.
Actually, we had sachertorte in the Hotel Sacher and it was very disappointing. Just a dry chocolate cake covered in icing . . gimme a Boston Mud cake anyday!
Jeannie: yeah! I don't think I'd thrive in a chronically busy kitchen, though...
Nicole: Gott sei dank liegt es hier! (is that correct German?)
Vincent: it certainly looks the best. I did nearly post it the day before as a "chocolate cake" but was somehow distracted by the great peaks-of-shavings one...
Baino: I've never tried it, but the write-up on Wikipedia did sound a bit "grown-up" for me; unsweetened cream, nothing too elaborate. I like my cakes over the top and extravagant with icing and cream... (OR quite plain and really really well baked.) On the other hand I do like really bitter chocolate so maybe Sachertorte would do me...
Terminally: you could try chocolate-flavour chewing gum... (if you can get it)
all I know about the subject is that desserts and dieting do not mix at all ~ which is highly unfortunate, I know :-<...
Wow. You sure know your cakes. Vienna is a great city especially if you like art and architecture. The cakes are of course famous but I found the small cake shops in the Austrian country towns as good, if not better than in Vienna but they are all good.
ReplyDeleteaye ... I wonder what the cakes in Switzerland and Bohemia are like ..?
ReplyDeleteYou seem to love good food - ever have a thought to learn more and become a chef or something?
ReplyDeleteVincent will be thrilled with this addition, he was crushed not to find it on your list! It's his favourite!
ReplyDeleteNice one Gled ;-)
ReplyDeleteSacher is the BEST! :-)
Actually, we had sachertorte in the Hotel Sacher and it was very disappointing. Just a dry chocolate cake covered in icing . . gimme a Boston Mud cake anyday!
ReplyDeleteOooh, and I was just considering my diet and whether I could still make it to a "bikini-ready" state in a few weeks!! YUM!
ReplyDeleteJeannie: yeah! I don't think I'd thrive in a chronically busy kitchen, though...
ReplyDeleteNicole: Gott sei dank liegt es hier! (is that correct German?)
Vincent: it certainly looks the best. I did nearly post it the day before as a "chocolate cake" but was somehow distracted by the great peaks-of-shavings one...
Baino: I've never tried it, but the write-up on Wikipedia did sound a bit "grown-up" for me; unsweetened cream, nothing too elaborate. I like my cakes over the top and extravagant with icing and cream... (OR quite plain and really really well baked.) On the other hand I do like really bitter chocolate so maybe Sachertorte would do me...
Terminally: you could try chocolate-flavour chewing gum... (if you can get it)
all I know about the subject is that desserts and dieting do not mix at all ~ which is highly unfortunate, I know :-<...
Looks great. I'd love a piece of that right about now.
ReplyDeletethe Sacher Hotel, Vienna is said to be thee place to go. I'm sure they'd airfreight you a slice ~ at a price!!
ReplyDelete(I heard tea and cake costs about a day's wages in the konditorei so ordering a slice from overseas would probably cost about a year's ...)
Nicole: Gott sei dank liegt es hier! (is that correct German?)
ReplyDeleteNot quite... but it's difficult to say what you're trying to express. I'd probably say: Gott sei dank habe ich es doch hier aufgeschrieben!
ach! jawohl!!
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