Truffle Torte

Name: Truffle Torte
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 57 grams white baking chocolate, melted; 2 Tbsps butter; 6 eggs; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 177 milliliters ground pecans; 113 grams semisweet chocolate, chopped; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Truffle Torte might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 3g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 165 calories. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 5 minutes. Head to the store and pick up baking chocolate, butter, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottom of a greased 9-in. springform pan with parchment paper; grease paper.

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Baking Paper

Springform Pan

Oven

In a microwave, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth. Cool slightly. In a small bowl, mix pecans and flour.

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Chocolate

Butter

Pecans

All Purpose Flour

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Microwave

Bowl

In a large bowl, beat eggs until frothy; gradually add sugar, beating 4-5 minutes or until mixture triples in volume. Gradually beat in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Fold in pecan mixture.

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Chocolate

Vanilla

Pecans

Sugar

Egg

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Bowl

Transfer to prepared pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake 30-35 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool on a wire rack 15 minutes. Run a knife around sides of pan; remove rim from pan. Invert cake onto a wire rack; carefully remove pan bottom and paper. Cool completely.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Knife

Frying Pan

For ganache, place chocolate in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil.

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Chocolate

Cream

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Pour over chocolate; stir with a whisk until smooth. Stir in butter. Refrigerate until mixture thickens slightly, about 15 minutes.

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Chocolate

Butter

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Whisk

Place cake on a serving plate.

Pour ganache over cake and quickly spread to edges.

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Spread

Fill a food-safe plastic bag with melted white chocolate; cut a small hole in one corner of bag. Pipe thin horizontal lines 1 in. apart over ganache. Use a sharp knife to draw right angles across the piped lines. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.

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White Chocolate