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at_ooe_020State-specific: OOE
Landesfragen › Oberösterreich
Was ist das Linzer Torte?
- Eine der ältesten Torten der Welt, ein Linzer Spezialität aus Mürbteig mit Johannisbeermarmelade und Mandeln
- Ein österreichisches Nationalgebäck aus Wien
- Ein Salzburger Dessert
- Ein Wiener Gebäck
Why this is the correct answer
The Linzer Torte is documented in recipe manuscripts dating to at least 1653, making it plausibly the oldest known named cake recipe in the world. Its base is a shortcrust pastry enriched with ground hazelnuts or almonds and spiced with cinnamon and cloves, filled with tart redcurrant jam and topped with a lattice of pastry strips. Bakeries throughout Linz and Upper Austria still produce it as the region's most emblematic confection.