A cake's claim to be 'original'Sourced
Who could call their chocolate cake the original Sacher torte?
Vienna's Hotel Sacher and the Demel pastry shop disputed the right to market their versions as the original. Hotel Sacher put apricot jam between cake layers as well as under the icing; Demel's version used a single layer of jam. The name became a legal issue.
A sweet dessert came with a long-running naming fight.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-02