Chocolate Torte
From cholena 15 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 6
A torte is a cake made with lotsa ground nuts instead of or in addition to flour . They are Central European in origin. The word torte is derived from the Italian word torta which was used to describe a round cake . Read more A element common to most tortes is sweet icing . When the cake is layered, a thick covering of icing is placed between the layers, but there is almost always icing on the tops and sides of the torte. See less
Ingredients
- 3 eggs shopping list
- 250 g dark baking chocolate , melted shopping list
- 3/4 C hazelnut , grounded shopping list
- 1/2 C whipped cream shopping list
- Topping : shopping list
- 8 to 12 hazelnuts, whole shopping list
- 100 g dark baking chocolate shopping list
- 1/3 C cream shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven at 150 deg .
- Grease a 20 cm cake pan .
- In a double boiler , beat the eggs until light and foamy .
- remove from heta .
- Use a wooden spoon tp mix the nuts and chocolate into it .
- Fold in the cream .
- Pour in the cake pan and let it stand inside a shallow baking dish filled with hot water halfway .
- Bake for an hour or so , until set .
- Cool and chill overnight , wrapped .
- Next day invert the cake on a 18 cm cake board , remove the baking paper and allow the cake tp return to room temperature .
- For Topping :
- Microwave the cream , dark baking chocolate ,until smooth .
- Dip the nuts abit in chocolate mix and stick to the edge of the cake .
- Now pour rest of the chocolate mix in the middle of the cake and tilt it abit in circle , making sure the cake is fully covered .
- Even and smoothen the sides of the cake too .
- Chill the cake until set and transfer it to the serving plate .
- Slice it thinly serve along with a scoop of vanilla icecream and some fresh fruit wedges
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Perfect timing! I just started looking for chocolate torte recipes. My intention is to convert them into giant muffins. I think this recipe fits the bill! I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to layer them, or if I'm even going to, but, will see......more
shine
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sounds great Cholena, you didn't mention sugar, is it all right?
magali777
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmm............Mmmmmmmmmmm....:}
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