Chocolate Torte

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 16 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup butter
• 5 large eggs, separated
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 250 degrees. grease a springform pan; dust with cocoa. line bottom with kitchen parchment.
• 2 in 2 qt saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate with butter.
• 3 in large bowl, with wire whisk beat egg yolks and vanilla.
• 4 slowly beat warm chocolate mixture into yolk mixture until blended.
• 5 in small bowl with mixer at high speed, beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
• 6 gradually beat in 1/4 cup powdered sugar until sugar dissolves and whites stand in stiff peaks.
• 7 fold beaten egg whites into chocolate mixture, one third at a time.
• 8 spoon batter into pan spreading evenly.
• 9 bake torte 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean.
• 10 cool torte in pan.
• 11 when torte is cool, remove side of pan then remove torte from pan bottom; discard parchment.
• 12 cut torte in 12 wedges. sprinkle 6 wedges with cocoa, remaining 6 wedges with confectioners sugar.
• 13 arrange wedges alternately on cake plate.