German Chocolate Hazelnut Torte
This easy and authentic German Chocolate Hazelnut torte recipe is from my mother in law in Germany. Chocolate hazelnut torte is made with a wee bit of rum, bread (stale if you got it), eggs, butter and sugar.
- Prep Time: 30 Minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 10
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: German
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 3.5 oz (~2 big pieces), stale or toasted bread, pulverized
- 7 oz (~ 1 ¼ cups) whole hazelnuts, pulverized
- 3.5 oz (~1/2 cup) 42% - 60% semi - sweet chocolate chips, pulverized
- 5 large (6 medium) eggs (~ 10 oz in shell)
- 8 oz unsalted butter (~ 2 sticks), soft (room temperature)
- 9 oz sugar (~ 1 cup)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 4 Tbsp dark rum
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Butter a 9" springform pan.
- Pulverize the bread into crumbs in a food processor (see picture above for consistency). Place breadcrumbs in a bowl and pulverize the hazelnuts next and add to bowl. Pulverize chocolate next and add to bowl. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl: beat eggs and add add butter and sugar. Whip until frothy (a couple minutes). The mixture will look slightly frothy but will also still have some butter chunks. It's all good.
- Fold in the bread crumbs, hazelnuts, chocolate, baking powder, and rum. It will be a thick mixture.
- Spoon into 9" springform pan and make the top level.
- Bake 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool ~ 15 minutes. Gently run a butter knife along the sides of the pan if anything is stuck and remove from pan.
- Serve immediately or allow to cool some more (my favorite!). Happy eating! Beckie
Notes
- Don't have old bread? Cool, just toast your fresh bread
- Have a chocolate bar instead of chips? No problem, just get the amount right by weight and substitute the chocolate that you have.
- Don't have rum? Cool try brandy.
Find it online: https://eatsimplefood.com/german-chocolate-hazelnut-cake-torte/