Double Chocolate Fantasy Torte


Ingredients

Cake

Unsweetened baking cocoa
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 tablespoons raspberry liqueur or raspberry syrup
6 eggs
1 bag (6 oz) semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup), melted, cooled
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon Gold MedalŪ all-purpose flour

Filling and Topping

2 packages (12 oz each) frozen raspberries in syrup, thawed
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
4 oz white chocolate baking bars (from 6-oz package), melted, cooled
1/8 teaspoon vanilla
2 oz white chocolate baking bars (from 6-oz package), melted, cooled
Hot fudge sauce or topping, if desired

Directions

Heat oven to 400°F. Grease bottoms and sides of two 8-inch
round cake pans; sprinkle with cocoa. In small bowl, beat
granulated sugar and 1 cup butter with electric mixer on med
speed until smooth. Beat in liqueur, eggs and melted semisweet
chocolate. Stir in flour. Pour into pans. Bake about 20 minutes
or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10
minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely. Place
raspberries in blender or food processor. Cover and blend on high
speed, stopping blender occasionally to scrape sides, until almost
smooth; strain. To make filling, in small bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter
and the powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light
and fluffy. Beat in 4 ounces white chocolate and the vanilla until
smooth. Place 1 cake layer on serving plate; spread with filling. Make
about 1/4-inch deep ring in filling 1 inch from edge of cake, using
tip of spoon. Make another 1/4-inch-deep ring 1 inch inside outer ring.
Fill each ring with about 5 tablespoons raspberry puree. Place second cake
layer on filling. Drizzle melted white chocolate over top of cake. Refrig-
erate uncovered about 10 minutes or until white chocolate is set. Cover
with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 3 hours until filling is firm.
Serve with remaining raspberry puree and fudge sauce. Store in refrig.




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