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Chocolate Torte Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Cholena / All my dishes 1 year, 5 months ago 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 . A element common to most tortes is... More Prep:60m Cook:60m Servings:6	Cholena
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Ingredients

3 eggs

250 g dark baking chocolate , melted

3/4 C hazelnut , grounded

1/2 C whipped cream

Topping :

8 to 12 hazelnuts, whole

100 g dark baking chocolate

1/3 C cream

Directions

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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mumtazcatering 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm............Mmmmmmmmmmm....:}

magali777 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Sounds great Cholena, you didn't mention sugar, is it all right?

cholena 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Yes Maga , It's perfectly alrite : )

shine 1 year, 5 months ago said:
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...

Thank you very much for the beautiful recipe!

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