Torte: Chocolate Torte w/ Walnuts
Source of Recipe
justmecookin
List of Ingredients
1/3 cup butter
2/3 cup fine granulated sugar
5 medium eggs separated
1 whole egg
3 ounce semi-sweet chocolate
1 cup grated walnuts or hazel nuts more if you likeRecipe
Cream butter with sugar. Add egg yolks and whole egg mixing well. Melt chocolate, cool slightly and add to the above mixture. Add the grated nuts. Mix. Beat whites and fold them into the mixture.
Butter well a 10" Spring form pan, and sprinkle with dry bread crumbs. Put batter into pan and bake in preheated 350 F. oven for approximately 50 minutes. Cool and glaze.
Glaze
3/4 cup apricot jam
4 ounces sweet dark chocolate
1/2 cup sugar
4 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cover top and sides of Torte with apricot jam. Melt the rest of the ingredients over a low flame mixing constantly. Remove from heat and poor over Torte.