All Easy Recipes. Cook all that you can cook. Almond Torte
 
What You Need:            (To Make: 1 tart)
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  • 5 egg whites, unbeaten
  • ½ cup packaged dried breadcrumbs
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
  • 1¼ cups sifted icing sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • Chocolate Glaze
  • ¼ teaspoon almond essence
  • 1½ cups unblanched almonds, ground
  • Blanched almonds
  • Whipped cream

  • How To Cook:
    1. Start heating oven to moderate (350°F). Butter a 9-inch tube pan.

    2. Beat egg whites with salt until stiff but not dry.

    3. Beat egg yolks until thick, gradually add sugar, beating constantly until very thick and light; add almond essence.

    4. Gently fold yolk mixture into egg whites, along with ground nuts, breadcrumbs, lemon rind and cinnamon. Turn into prepared pan. Bake for 35 minutes.

    5. Cool slightly; turn cake out on to wire cake rack. When thoroughly cooled, ice with Chocolate Glaze.

    6. Decorate top of cake with a circle of blanched almonds, inserting tip of each almond into cake to mark each serving.

    7. Serve slices with chilled sweetened whipped cream.


     
     
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