That Time I Had Sacher Cake in Vienna鈥�, Vienna, Austria

Who doesn鈥檛 like cakes? I can鈥檛 resist a dessert and I often peruse the dessert鈥檚 menu even before I order the drinks let alone the main dish. Sacher Cake is probably one of the most famous cakes in the world and there are also plenty of recipes to make it yourself at your home. But you can only have the original Sachert-Torte at Caf茅 Sacher in the heart of historical Vienna.

I鈥檝e been to Vienna several times. My first visit was in December 2005 when my best high school friend and I took a train to Vienna. We鈥檝e done a ride on Prater鈥檚 Giant Wheel, took photos of colourful Hundertwasser鈥檚 house, tracked down the cafe from the movie聽Before Sunrise and we visited Schonbrunn palace among other things. Above the castle is a great viewpoint聽and a cafe called Glorietta where I had my first Sacher Cake in Vienna. It was horrible; it was dry and old. A big disappointment.

Fast forward almost a decade and I鈥檓 back in Vienna and I鈥檓 having Sacher Cake in a beautiful restaurant Residenz right next to the Schonbrunn palace. Again the Sacher Cake wasn鈥檛 really good. I couldn鈥檛 believe it. I had other great cakes at this restaurant and I had wonderful cakes in Vienna in a lot of different places but I still couldn鈥檛 find a decent Sacher Cake in Vienna even if my life depended on it. Maybe the castle had something to do with it? Both times I had Sacher Cake was actually in places in Schonbrunn palace garden! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: That Time I Had Sacher Cake in Vienna鈥�
Guide Location: Austria » Vienna
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Tanja Domijan Blasich
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:

Glorietta
restaurant Residenz
Schonbrunn palace
Caf茅 Sacher

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