I guess the busyness of the past few weeks has taken its toll, because this whole weekend I've been sick :( So, I was glad to see that the awesome Holly of PheMOMenon chose something called 15-Minute Magic Chocolate Amaretti Torte for this week's TWD, because I wasn't up for putting a lot of energy into it this week!
[chocolate amaretti torte recipe]
I have a confession to make, though. I didn't use amaretti! We looked everywhere for them — an Italian specialty store, the regular grocery store AND Whole Foods. Nada. So I went with these butter cookies, which had almonds in them:
They worked and gave the final cake a nice orange flavor, so it was fine by me.
I cut this recipe down to 1/3 of the original, because I didn't want to pass on my sickness to anyone else by giving the torte away, and (probably more to the point) I forgot to buy eggs and only had one left. So, I used this chocolate souffle pan (thanks Annie!) to make two 3-inch cakes.
The cake allegedly takes 15 minutes to get from the cookie-processing stage to the oven. It took me 20 (but I blame taking photos for the extra time).
Almonds and cookies:
Egg, sugar and butter:
All together, plus chocolate:
Batter in the pan:
20 minutes later, fully baked:
Not only did I not use amaretti, I also didn't have any heavy cream for the glaze. I just used butter.
These are the ingredients/nutrition facts, as originally written (not as pictured!)
Chocolate Amaretti Torte
Ingredients:
For the Cake:
6 amaretti cookies
3/4 c (~60 g) blanched slivered almonds
113 g (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temp
100 g (1/2 c) sugar
3 large eggs, room temp
113 g (4 oz) bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled
For the Glaze
113 g (4 oz) bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup (120 ml) heavy cream
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons water
[full recipe instructions on Holly's blog]
Nutrition Facts from NutritionData.com:
per 1/8th of recipe
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Thanks to Holly for this simple and chocolatey pick! Get the recipe on her blog: PheMOMenon. You can check out the rest of the tortes on the TWD blogroll!
24 comments:
Awesome. Love the minis. Great substitution for the amaretti cookies. Mmmm, orange flavoring.
Such cute little baby tortes. I'm going to definitely try that next time. And your glaze is so swirly and pretty!
Looks spectacularly fudgey!!
Love the minis.... No doubt the butter cookies were a great substitute!
They're so cute! Great job. I cut this recipe down some too and made mine in a 4-inch springform pan. It was a bit too rich for me.
Hope you feel better!
500 calories?? Are you kidding me? Wow.
Your torte looks amazing though and it was delicious.
Great job improvising with ingredients on this one. Your chocolate ganache looks so fudgy and delicious.
Love your tiny cakes and your photos are gorgeous! I bet the orange almond cookies were great in this cake.
Your pictures are sooo nice! I love the mini cakes.
I made one mini cake too - only we didn't care for the cake at all. Maybe I should take better photos - perhaps that would make the food taste better!
A wonderful torte! I'm drooling...
Cheers,
Rosa
These little cakes look perfect!
LOL A great trompe-l'oeil picture, the top one is! LOL I really thought it was a full size cake!
I'm sorry you are sick, I hope you feel better soon... you at least have these beautiful, little Spring almond cakes to perk you up when you do!!! LOL
Get well SOON!
they are so cute and perfect! hope you are feeling better now!
Hope you feel better, I love the mini tortes.
You fooled me with that first photo! I thought it was a regular-sized torte. Love your minis!
I thought it was a regular-sized torte too w/ that first photo! So cute!
Looking at the nutrition data is like looking at a big gaping wound right after you cut yourself... you don't want to see the outcome, but you just have to look, even though you know you may pass out! hahaha! But I am glad that you post it, because I am a huge calorie counter!!! I always am so excited to check out your site and see not only the photos, but the nutrition (or lack thereof) info!
Your cake looks AWESOME and I love the orange almond cookies that you added!!!
So nice to have such a yummo and quick dessert in the arsenal! I don't know where you live but even in my little university town we have the cookies, so if you like I can send. Just let me know if you are interested.
Great work.
AmyRuth
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My most favorite combo: chocolate and miniature! I even have a miniature food processor. Though it isn't always efficient for baking. But I totally endorse anything quick and easy... and mini! Good job on the resourcefulness! That's a sign of a good baker you know!
i just love your minis! so cute
I hope you got to feeling better! I am still trying to make the rounds from a while ago. Anyway, your tortes look awesome - their quickness and ease was exactly why I chose the recipe.
That looks amazing!
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