Kathryn K. Blue, Anthony Dias Blue

Amanda’s Chocolate Carrot Torte

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8 to 12

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Thanksgiving Dinner: Recipes, Techniques, and Tips for America's Favorite Celebration
Thanksgiving Dinner

By Anthony Dias Blue and Kathryn K. Blue

Published 1994

  • About

A dazzling version of the traditional carrot cake, this is a staple in our kitchen where its life expectancy is about a day or maybe two, at the most. For the holidays, dress it up with a sprinkling of confectioners’ sugar and serve it with the Apricot-Cranberry Dessert.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup stale white bread crumbs
  • 2 cups blanced whole almonds
  • 1½ cups

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch bundt pan and refrigerate.

  2. In a food processor fitted with the metal blade, place the bread crumbs, almonds, and ½ cup of the sugar. Process for 30 seconds. The mixture should be ground into a coars