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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. To prepare the Torte: Cream butter, sugar and salt until smooth. Add egg yolks, one at a time, and blend until smooth. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk. Beat until blended. Add vanilla and lemon juice. With a spatula, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Grease 9-inch cake pans. Pour ¾ cup batter into each pan, spreading evenly over bottom. Bake in preheated 375-degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes. Repeat process until batter is completely used, to make eight thin layers. | 2. To prepare the Chocolate Custard: Stir all dry ingredients together in a saucepan, then add the remaining ingredients. Cook over medium heat until thick, stirring constantly. Remove from fire to cool. | 3. To prepare the Chocolate Butter Cream Icing: Cream sugar and oleo, then add cocoa, then the melted chocolate and vanilla. If too thick, add a little hot water, very slowly, until the consistency is right. | 4. To prepare the Chocolate Icing: Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and let it come slowly to a boil, then boil about 10 minutes until it thickens. Beat until thick enough to spread. | 5. To Finish: When cool, put torte layers together with chocolate custard filling and spread chocolate butter cream icing on top and sides. Chill. Then ice with the Chocolate Icing. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	3/4	cup		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
sugar	2	cups		1611.96	403.19199999999995	0.0	0.0
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
egg	4		separated beaten	286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
milk	1	cup		148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788
baking powder	3	teaspoons		7.314	3.8226	0.0	0.0
cake flour	3 1/2	cups	measured	1735.79	374.1539	39.319	4.1237
lemon juice		teaspoon		-	-	-	-
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
sugar	2	cups	granulated	639.6	120.016	20.02	9.984
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
flour	4	tablespoons		144.57	31.6514	2.3502	0.5609
cornstarch	4	tablespoons		121.92	29.2064	0.0832	0.016
kitchen cocoa	2	spoons		25.2167	0.0	5.61	0.1417
bitter chocolate	4	tablespoons		25.2167	0.0	5.61	0.1417
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
butter	1	tablespoon		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
vanilla	1	tablespoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
milk	4	cups		148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788
confectioner ' sugar	2	cups	sifted	25.2167	0.0	5.61	0.1417
oleo	1/2		softened	25.2167	0.0	5.61	0.1417
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
cocoa	1	cup		-	-	-	-
bitter chocolate	1	ounce	melted	25.2167	0.0	5.61	0.1417
brown sugar	1	cup		836.0	215.798	0.264	0.0
sugar	1	cup	granulated	639.6	120.016	20.02	9.984
chocolate baking square	4		semi-sweet melted	744.72	32.9672	16.6112	60.6796
butter	1/4	cup		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
cream	3/4	cup		594.0	11.97	6.534	62.424
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.