The Austrian Café – Traditional Cooking

Austria is a land of sweet delights, with an almost unique variety of cakes, pastries and desserts. Over the centuries, traditional baking in Austria has been influenced not only by Bohemian, Hungarian and Italian cuisine, but also by regional rural cooking, and these baking traditions are maintained to this day both in the cafes and cake shops, and also in Austrian homes.

Austrian baking is famous around the world for its delicious gateaux and excellent pastries, turning sweet dreams into a reality.

In this book you will find the most well-known recipes from Austria´s traditional bakeries:

• Esterhazy and Cardinal Slices
• Sacher Torte and Malakoff Gateau
• Kaiserschmarren and Doughnuts
• Salzburger Nockerln and Viennese Apricots