Read more: We Taste Tested 10 Chocolate Sauce Brands To Rank Them Worst To Best Another famous torte is the Austrian Sacher-Torte. It's made up of two or three layers of velvety chocolate cake ...

Sacher is perhaps best known for his Sachertorte, a chocolate cake that is a specialty of Viennese cuisine. The historic building where his family lived is located in the town of Želiezovce ...

In 1832, Franz Sacher, a 16-year-old apprentice chef, created The Original Sacher-Torte–a moist chocolate cake with hidden layers of apricot jam–at the request of Austrian Prince Metternich.