Viennese choch torte passover

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
8Eggs seperated
1cupSugar
2ouncesSemisweet choch melted coold
¼cupFresh orange jice
1teaspoonGrated orange rind
2cupsGround walnuts
cupCake meal
cupPotatostarch
2Oranges peeled sectioned
10ouncesJar Apricot preserves
1Orange peeled and section
½cupOrange juice
6ouncesSemisweet chocolate broken
Orange filling melt preserves; stir in orange
Chocolate glaze

Directions

ORANGE FILLING

CHOCOLATE GLAZE

Preheat oven to 250 degrees Have an ungreased 10-inch tube pan 4½ in high.

Beat egg yoks with ½ c sugar until very thick. Blend in chocolate, orange juice and rind. Mix 1c nuts with cake meal and potato starch. Fold into yolk mixture.

With clean dry beaters, beat whites untill foamy. Gradually beat in remaining 1\\2 c. sugar untill stiff peaks form. Gently fold yolk mixture into beaten whites. Turn into tube pan and bake 55 to 60 min., untill cake tests done.

Invert pan on rack and let cake hang untill completely cool. Remove from pan and slice cake in half horizontally. Spread orange filling over top of bottom half. top with second layer. Coat cake with glaze. Garnish with remaining 1 c. nuts and the orange sections.

sections. cool 5 min.

heat orange juice. remove from heat, add chocolate, stiring until melted smooth. cool 5 min.