This is delicious. Words fail.
Ingredients:
1 stick butter softened
3/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
3 oz baking chocolate
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 c flour (I used a gluten free mix)
1 c nut meal or very finely chopped nuts (I banged out walnut pieces with a rolling pin. It might be nice to toast the nuts before hand, but I didn't.)
1/8 teaspoon salt
~ 1/2 cup jam and half a lemon, for glaze
Preheat the oven to 325.
Melt the chocolate and let it cool.
Cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg yolks and beat well. Add the chocolate and vanilla. Mix well. Add the flour and mix to just enough to incorporate. Repeat with the nuts.
Beat the egg whites and salt until stiff but not dry peaks form. Gently fold into the batter.
Pour into a cake pan or a springform pan and bake 30 - 35 minutes. It should still be a bit moist on the inside. Let cool.
For the glaze, heat the jam and lemon in a skillet. Run through a sieve to remove the skins. Generously brush glaze onto the top of the torte. I used homemade oaktown plum jam. Yum!
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If words fail, could an acronym do: OMG. I'm in search of a celebratory dessert for next weekend's dinner with the Mahoneys. Maybe this is it.
Love,
Mom
ps what kind of baking chocolate did you use?
I just used unsweetened baker's chocolate (the ubiquitous orange box). You could certainly use something classier. I was also thinking vanilla paste instead of regular extract could be nice.
What's vanilla paste?
Vanilla paste is an amazing substance that can be purchased in the bulk aisle at berkeley bowl. I think its the concentrated scrapings of vanilla beans. Very sweet and pungent!
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