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Andy - this is a family favorite. I might be making it this week for my youngest's birthday.... Here you go.
Torte:
9" spring form pan
12 oz semi sweet chocolate, chopped
1 # unsalted butter
8 oz espresso
1 cup dark brown sugar
8 eggs slightly beaten
Trace and cut out waxed paper or parchment to fit the bottom of a 9" spring form pan. Heat oven to 350.
Place chocolate in a bowl. In a saucepan, bring butter, espresso and sugar to a boil. Keep stirring until sugar dissolves.
Pour butter mixture into bowl of chopped chocolate. Whisk until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
Keep whisking as you very slowly pour eggs into chocolate mixture. Now pour the batter into prepared spring form pan.
Place spring form pan in a roasting pan. Add boiling water to roasting pan until water comes halfway up sides of pan.
Bake for one hour. Place on cooling rack. Run thinbladed knife around inside of pan to loosen torte. Cool, then chill overnight.
Remove sides from pan. Cut a piece of cardboard to fit torte. Set on top, then invert torte. (don't forget this step!!!) Place on a pedestal.
Slide knife between pan bottm and paper to release. Press lightly on cake to smooth out uneven spots.
Glaze:
8 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
12 T unsalted butter, cut into tablesppons
5 t water
1 T light corn syrup.
Combine all the glaze ingredients in a bowl. Microwave at 50% power for 3 minutes. Stop and stir after each minute.
Whisk glaze until it becomes very smooth. This is important.
Pour warm glaze over torte, letting it coat sides. Pour fast because the cold torte makes the glaze set up. Use a knife to lightly touch uop only the uncouated areas. Don't touch anything else or you'll get marks.
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You are all awesome!! You saved my Christmas.
I had almost forgotten what a great resource these forums could be. Now I have it bookmarked on my new computer here. I'm hoping to learn how to do some real Thai cooking while living here, so I can certainly share those cooking adventures. I'm blogging my time here at
www.andyinthailand.com, so if anyone's really bored it may make good reading to put you to sleep!!
Thanks again, I'll let you know how the torte turns out this year!! Andy