Chocolate Orange Torte

Recipe Ingredients

4 oz	113g	Semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Unsalted butter - softened
2/3 cup	131g / 4.6oz	Sugar
3		Eggs
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Ground almonds
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Bread crumbs
1		Orange - zest of
		Almonds - for garnish
		Chocolate Glaze
2 oz	56g	Unsweetened chocolate
2 oz	56g	Semisweet chocolate
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Unsalted butter
2 teaspoons	10ml	Honey

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 375. Butter an 8-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with buttered waxed paper.

Melt chocolate in the top of a double boiler. Cool. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter until fluffy. Add sugar and eggs. Stir in melted chocolate, ground almonds, bread crumbs, and orange zest.

Pour batter into pan and bake 25-30 minutes. Frost with chocolate glaze.

Glaze: Melt in double boiler.

Source:
Mrs. Charles G. Moyers, Jr.

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