Strawberry Torte

Submitted by sharflan

"This luscious dessert is perfect for the beginner and looks like a masterpiece!! As a light dessert, it's ideal after a big meal! This recipe is from In Good Taste by Elms College."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 1 torte
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 cup flour, all-purpose
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 egg whites
• 1 cup sugar
• walnuts
• 2 cups whipping cream, sweeten to taste
• 1 quart strawberry, cleaned and hulled

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325°F.
2. *Prepare an 8" or 9" cake pan lining it with parchment paper (or grease the pan).
3. Cream the butter and the 1/2 cup of sugar.
4. Add the egg yolks and vanilla, mixing well.
5. In a seperate bowl, mix together the flour, salt and baking powder.
6. Blend the dry ingredients and milk alternately into the butter mixture.
7. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and set aside.
8. With clean beaters, whip the egg whites, adding the 1 cup of sugar a little at a time, until stiff peaks form.
9. Spoon the egg whites over the top of the unbaked batter and sprinkle with walnuts (whole or pieces).
10. Bake at 325F about 40 minutes or until cake tests done (cooking time will depend on your oven and pan size).
11. *Using the parchment paper will allow you to easily lift the torte from the pan to test for doneness by piercing through the bottom of the cake with a toothpick.
12. Cool the torte completely.
13. Whip the cream and sweeten to taste.
14. *You can substitute the cream with Cool Whip (or other) to lessen the calories and fat.
15. Top off the torte with the whipped cream just before serving, adding whole (or cut) strawberries as your final layer.
16. This torte should be made and enjoyed on the same day as the cream will soften the crispy meringue layer - still good but not the same!

Reviews

[Liara]

WOW! We really loved this! And this was so simple to make and looks very impressive. I used whole walnuts but next time will used coarsely chopped ones, as it was a bit difficult to cut cause you can't see where the walnuts are. One gripe, it does not serve 10-12...5 of us finished it in one sitting, lol. Thank you!