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    Walnut Sacher Torte


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    List of Ingredients




    3/4 cup butter
    1 cup sugar
    6 oz melted, cooled semi-sweet chocolate
    8 eggs separated
    1 cup sifted flour
    3/4 cup ground walnuts
    1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
    1 tsp baking powder
    apricot jam
    chocolate icing

    Recipe



    Cream butter and all but 1/4 cup of the sugar until very fluffy. Beat in chocolate gradually and thoroughly. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time. Beat egg whites and reserved sugar until very stiff. Combine flour, nuts, cocoa and baking powder. Gradually fold beaten egg whites into chocolate mixture, alternate with flour mixture. Pour into buttered and floured 10 inch spring from pan.

    Bake at 325 for about 1 hour and 15 minutes or until torte pulls away from sides of the pan. Cool 10 minutes. Remove rim of pan carefully and cool thoroughly. Cover loosely with waxed paper and let stand 24 hours.

    Two hours before serving, put cake on rack over waxed paper. Spread top with jam. Pour chocolate icing on center of cake and quickly spread over the top and sides. Let set.

    To make chocolate icing, melt 5 oz. semi-sweet chocolate with 1/2 cup heavy cream, stirring until smooth.

 

 

 

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