Fruit Torte

Name: Fruit Torte
Ingredients: Buttercream flavored with vanilla or kirsch; Almonds, sliced or chopped; Small fruits, preferably 3 or 4 kinds, in contrasting colors (such as mandarin orange slices, cherries, grapes, banana slices, strawberries, apricot halves, and pineapple wedges); Dessert syrup flavored with vanilla or kirsch; Raspberry or apricot jam; Apricot Glaze; Genoise or Almond Sponge, split into 2 layers; Short Dough or Almond Short Dough circle

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Professional Baking

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2008

About

Ingredients

Components

Short Dough or Almond Short Dough circle
Genoise or Almond Sponge

Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian
Baking

Method

Procedure

Spread the short dough base with jam.
Top with a sponge layer. Moisten with syrup.
Spread with a thin layer of buttercream.
Top with second sponge layer.
Moisten with syrup.
Ice top and sides with buttercream.
Arrange the fruits on the top of the cake in neat, concentric circles, as though yo