Serves: 10
Total Calories: 500
Cream butter or margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks. Put milk and salt in small saucepan, add chocolate cut in bits and heat until melted, stirring. Cool. Add vanilla. Fold in flour alternately with milk mixture, ending with flour. Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Fold into batter. Grease 3 8-inch round pans and smooth batter into pans. Bake in a preheated 350° F oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before turning out onto cake rack to cool completely. When cold frost with the following:
Frosting:
*For frosting: Melt together butter or margarine, chocolate and cream mix in confectioners' sugar with enough additional cream to make spreading consistency. Frost bottom layers spread remainder on top and sprinkle with sieved powdered sugar.
This Chocolate Torte recipe is from the Holiday Cookbook Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.
