Just for you Foxy
Chocolate Torte with Buttercream Frosting
- 1/3 cup butter (do NOT substitute margarine)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 t salt
- 5 eggs separated
- 1 whole egg
- 3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
- 3/4 cup ground almonds
- 3/4 cup apricot jam
- 2 cups whipped cream
Combine butter, sugar and salt and cream until light. Stir in 5 egg
yolks and 1 whole egg, mixing well. Melt chocolate and combine with
almonds. Add to egg mixture and beat well. Beat 7 (seven) egg whites
until stiff but not dry. Fold into chocolate mixture. Pour into 3 round
eight-inch layer pans lined on bottom with paper and greased. Bake at
350 degrees for about 20 minutes. Cool on rack for 25 minutes before
carefully removing from pans.
Filling: Fold apricot jam into whipped cream and spread between
layers and over top of torte.
Buttercream Frosting:
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/8 t. salt
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- 2 egg yolks, unbeaten
- 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted & cooled
- 1/2 t. vanilla
Cream butter and salt . Gradually add sugar, beating well. Add
egg yolks, beating well after each. Add cooled chocolate, beating
well. Add vanilla. Spread on sides of torte.
Chill about 2 hours or overnight before serving. About 12 servings.