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Torte recipes

Tortes can either be dense and fudgy, as in Mary Berry's classic Sachertorte or they can be fluffy, creamy layer cakes as in the beautiful Prinsesstårta. Why the identity crisis? We don't know, but they all taste amazing.

Sachertorte
by Mary Berry

This chocolate cake is said to be invented in Vienna by the chef Franz Sacher in 1832. It improves if left a day or two before cutting

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More torte recipes

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by Sophie Grigson
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Gluten-free chocolate tart

by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson
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Prinsesstårta

by Mary Berry
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Dobos torte

by Mary Berry
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Sachertorte

by Mary Berry
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