Sachertorte their cakes have become an integral part of Viennese culture. Bookstore/coffee houses often provide the same type of environment, a place to relax, meet friends or family and talk about important issues in peoples lives. A number of new franchises being established shows a sign that America has embraced part of this exported Viennese culture. Sachertorte Sachertorte () is a specific type of chocolate cake, or torte, invented by Austrian Franz Sacher in 1832 for Prince Wenzel von Metternich in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialties. December 5th is National Sachertorte Day in the
My Friend the Chocolate Cake of $800, the group released their debut self-titled album, "My Friend the Chocolate Cake", in 1991. It was co-produced by Bridie, Carswell and Mountfort with Tim Cole for Warner/East West. Ian McFarlane, an Australian musicologist, cited music journalist, Bruce Elder's review of the album in "Rolling Stone" Australia, "one of the best albums of high-art pop ever recorded in Australia." While alternating performances between not drowning, waving and My Friend the Chocolate Cake, the latter group's second studio album, "Brood" (1994), was being recorded from mid-1993 with Bridie and Mountfort co-producing with Jim Rondinelli. McFarlane described how it, "[showed] a