PASSOVER CHOCOLATE ORANGE TORTE

Passover Chocolate Orange Torte image

Provided by coconutty

Categories Dessert

Time 2h15m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

8 eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
1 tablespoon grated orange rind
2 cups ground walnuts
1/3 cup matzo cake meal
1/3 cup potato starch
2 oranges, peeled, sectioned and de-membraned
10 ounces apricot preserves
1 orange, peeled, sectioned and de-membraned
1/2 cup orange juice
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, broken

Steps:

Preheat oven to 250°F Have ready an ungreased 10 inch tube pan (4 1/2 inches deep).
Beat egg yolks with 1/2 cup sugar until very thick.
Add chocolate, orange juice and rind; beat to combine.
In a small bowl, combine 1 cup of the ground walnuts, cake meal and potato starch. Fold into yolk mixture.
In a separate bowl with clean, dry beaters, beat whites until foamy. Gradually beat in remaining 1/2 cup sugar until stiff peaks form.
Gently fold in chocolate mixture into beaten whites.
Scrape into pan and bake 55 to 60 minutes, until cake tests done. Invert pan over a bottle neck and let cake cool completely (cake will be upside down).
Prepare the filling:.
Melt preserves; stir in orange sections.
Cool for 5 minutes.
Prepare the chocolate glaze:.
Heat orange juice until warm. Remove from heat, add chocolate, stirring until melted and smooth. Cool for 5 minutes.
Run a knife around edge of pan; remove cake from pan.
Slice cake in half horizontally.
Spread orange filling over bottom half of cake. Replace top layer of cake. Coat cake with glaze. Garnish with remaining 1 cup nuts and the orange sections.