Chocolate walnut torte

Name: Chocolate walnut torte
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: butter and plain flour, for the tin; 2 eggs; 60 g good-quality dark chocolate, grated; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 120 walnuts, chopped; 60 g dried apricots, chopped; 60 g dates, stones removed, chopped; 60 g crystallised citron or orange peel, chopped; 60 g glacé cherries or pineapple, chopped; 3 tablespoons plain flour; 180 g caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Winter Food

By Jill Norman

Published 2005

About

This is a rich confection that always seems to meet with approval. Chop the fruit by hand, rather than in a food processor, because that tends to produce pulp rather than separate pieces. The texture of the torte is quite soft and sticky, so it is best made a day before it is eaten, to allow it to become firmer.

Ingredients

120 walnuts, chopped
60 g dates, stones removed, chopped
60 g <

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F/gas mark 2. Mix together the walnuts, dates, apricots, citron or orange peel and cherries or pineapple. Sift together the sugar, flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Beat the eggs until pale and fluffy and mix in the sugar and flour mixture. Add the nut an