Laura Torte

Name: Laura Torte
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ cup slivered toasted blanched almonds; 2 cups whole almonds, blanched and grated; 1 cup very fine sugar; 7 teaspoons instant coffee powder; 5 tablespoons sweet butter; 3 tablespoons very strong brewed coffee; 5 tablespoons fine dry bread crumbs; 3 egg yolks; 6 egg whites; 1 cup heavy cream, whipped; 1 cup confectioners’ sugar

Preparation info

8 to 10
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

About

Ingredients

5 tablespoons fine dry bread crumbs
6 egg whites
1 cup very

Americas
United States
Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian
New York

Method

Preheat oven to hot (400°F.). Grease two eight-inch layer-cake pans, line with wax paper, and grease the wax paper. Sprinkle each pan with