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

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 <

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

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