Chocolate-Vanilla Holiday Torte
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Yield: Makes 1 (2-layer) torte
Ingredients
- 2 (8-ounce) packages semisweet chocolate squares, chopped
- 1 cup butter or margarine, cut into pieces
- 3 cups sugar, divided
- 11 large eggs, divided
- 3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 (8-ounce) container sour cream
- 4 (1-ounce) white chocolate squares, grated
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- White Chocolate Ganache
- Burgundy food paste color
- White Chocolate Ribbons and Bow
- Garnish: silver ornaments
Preparation
Line 2 (9-inch) square cakepans with aluminum foil; grease foil.
Cook semisweet chocolate and butter in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring until blended. Cool.
Beat 2 cups sugar and 8 eggs at medium speed with an electric mixer 3 minutes or until foamy. Gradually add chocolate mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Pour into 1 prepared pan.
Bake at 325° for 1 hour or until set. Cool on a wire rack. Cover and chill 8 hours. Remove from pan, discarding foil. Trim edges, if necessary.
Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add remaining 1 cup sugar and flour, beating well. Add remaining 3 eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Stir in sour cream, white chocolate, and vanilla. Pour into remaining prepared pan.
Bake at 325° for 1 hour. Turn oven off. Leave cake layer in oven, with oven door partially opened, 30 minutes. Remove cake from oven; cool in pan on a wire rack. Cover cake, and chill 8 hours. Remove from pan, discarding foil.
Reserve 1 cup White Chocolate Ganache.
Place chocolate layer, bottom side up, on a serving plate. Spread with 1/2 cup White Chocolate Ganache, and top with white chocolate layer, bottom side up. Spread top and sides of cake with remaining ganache.
Stir desired amount of food paste into reserved 1 cup ganache.
Insert metal tip No. 2 into a large decorating bag; fill with ganache. Pipe lace design (continuous string of frosting without touching) on top and sides of cake.
Arrange 2 (17- x 2 1/2-inch) White Chocolate Ribbons on cake. Form bow with 1 (13- x 2 1/2-inch) strip; arrange 2 (4- x 2 1/2-inch) strips and 2 (3- x 2 1/2-inch) strips for bow ends. Place 1 (2 1/2- x 1-inch) strip in center of bow for knot.
Store cake in refrigerator. Remove from refrigerator, and let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving. Garnish, if desired.
Member Ratings and Reviews
I would not make this cake again. It is very time-consuming to make (I didn't even bother to try making the bow), and so rich that it just doesn't taste good. No one in my family liked it including my daughter and her husband, who himself is a gourmet cook. I gave half of it to a good friend and no one in her family liked it either. So....my advice is.....don't bother with this one!!
01/31/07
Here are tips on the bow. Use a double boiler to melt the white chocolate, stir constantly and do not allow the water get to a boil. As soon as the chocolate melts, it's done. Use a small amount of melted chocolate to mix with the coloring and then add that to the rest of the chocolate. Doing this will keep the coloring even, otherwise it will be blotchy. Roll it out between parchment paper. Form the bow around a piece of rolled paper to keep it's shape and then refrigerate to firm it up. Good Luck12/30/06
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