Cinnamon Torte Recipe 445

CINNAMON TORTE RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• 1 Grease as many 9" layer cake pans as you have. Or you can line with parchment paper. preheat oven to 375. With a mixer beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. add eggs one at a time while mixer is on. Add flour and cinnamon a little at a time mixing well. Let rest 15 minutes. Divide dough into 15 portions and pat one portion at a time into cake pan. It will be very thin but this is what makes your layers. Bake for 8-12 min or until it starts to brown on the edges. Dump out of the cake pan and do again until all layers are made. At this point you can wrap and store these cookie layers until you are ready to use them. The torte is self do not take long to assemble. Whip the cream, vanilla and icing sugar together until stiff. Set about 1 1/2 cup aside for decorating the top of the Torte. Place a small amount of whip cream on the bottom of the cake plate ( this is to anchor or cookie) and place your first cookie on it. Spread with Cream and continue doing this until all cookies and cream are gone. Put the remaining whipped cream into a piping bag and do 8 rosettes of whip cream on the top on the Torte. 12lace a cherry on top of each rosette and sprinkler with chocolate curls. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.

CINNAMON TORTE

Steps:

• Grease as many 9" layer cake pans as you have. Or you can line with parchment paper.
• preheat oven to 375.
• With a mixer beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. add eggs one at a time while mixer is on. Add flour and cinnamon a little at a time mixing well.
• Let rest 15 minutes.
• Divide dough into 15 portions and pat one portion at a time into cake pan. It will be very thin but this is what makes your layers.
• Bake for 8-12 min or until it starts to brown on the edges. Dump out of the cake pan and do again until all layers are made.
• At this point you can wrap and store these cookie layers until you are ready to use them. The torte is self do not take long to assemble.
• Whip the cream, vanilla and icing sugar together until stiff.
• Set about 1 1/2 cup aside for decorating the top of the Torte.
• Place a small amount of whip cream on the bottom of the cake plate ( this is to anchor or cookie) and place your first cookie on it. Spread with Cream and continue doing this until all cookies and cream are gone.
• Put the remaining whipped cream into a piping bag and do 8 rosettes of whip cream on the top on the Torte.
• Place a cherry on top of each rosette and sprinkler with chocolate curls.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.

MEXICAN CHOCOLATE TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F. Butter an 8 1/2-inch springform pan and line it with a round of wax paper. Butter the paper and dust the pan with flour, knocking out the excess. In a food processor blend together the almonds, the brown sugar, the cinnamon, and the salt until the almonds are ground fine, add the chocolate, and blend the mixture until the chocolate is ground fine. Add the egg yolks and the vanilla, blend the mixture until it is combined well (it will be very thick), and transfer it to a bowl. In another bowl with an electric mixture beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they hold soft peaks, beat in the granulated sugar gradually, and beat the meringue until it just holds stiff peaks. Whisk about one third of the meringue into the chocolate mixture to lighten it and fold in the remaining meringue gently but thoroughly. Pour the batter into the pan, smoothing the top, and bake the torte in the middle of the oven for 45 to 55 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Let the torte cool in the pan on a rack for 5 minutes, run a thin knife around the edge, and remove the side of the pan. Invert the torte onto the rack, discarding the wax paper, and let it cool.
• Make the glaze:
• In a metal bowl set over barely simmering water combine the chocolate, the butter, the cream, and the corn syrup, stir the mixture until it is smooth, and let the glaze cool until it is just lukewarm.
• Set the torte on the rack over wax paper and pour the glaze over it, smoothing the glaze with a spatula and letting the excess drip down the side.
• Make the icing:
• In a bowl whisk together the confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon of the milk and add enough of the remaining milk, drop by drop, to form a thick icing.
• Transfer the icing to a small pastry bag fitted with a 1/8-inch plain tip and pipe it decoratively on the torte. Transfer the torte to a serving plate and let it stand for 2 hours, or until the glaze is set.

CINNAMON PLUM TORTE

Steps:

• 1 In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Cut the butter into small pieces. With a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In a small bowl, beat the whole egg, egg yolk, lemon zest, and vanilla. Stir into the flour mixture until a dough forms. Add a little ice water if the dough seems dry. 2 Divide the dough into two pieces, one twice as large as the other. Shape each piece into a flat disk. Wrap each one in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour or overnight. 3 Let the dough soften briefly at room temperature. Place the larger portion of dough between two sheets of plastic wrap and roll it out to form a 12-inch circle, about 1/8 inch thick. 4 When the dough is ready, remove the top sheet of plastic wrap. Using the remaining sheet to lift the dough, center the dough in a 9- to 10-inch tart pan, with the plastic-covered side up. Peel off the plastic wrap. Gently press the dough into the base of the pan and along the sides. Roll the rolling pin over the top of the pan and trim off the overhanging dough. Gently press the dough against the sides of the pan to create a rim higher than the edge of the pan. Refrigerate the pastry shell 30 minutes. 5 Place the oven rack in the lowest third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F. 6 Prepare the filling: In a large bowl, toss together the plums, sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Spread the filling in the prepared pastry shell. Dot with the butter. 7 Roll out the remaining dough to a 10-inch circle. With a pastry cutter, cut the dough into 1/2-inchwide strips. Arrange half the strips 1 inch apart across the filling. Press the ends against the sides of the tart shell to seal. Rotate the tart pan a quarter-turn and place the remaining strips of dough 1 inch apart across the tart to form a lattice pattern. Press the ends against the sides to seal. Trim off the excess dough. 8 Brush the top with the egg yolk. Bake 1 hour or until the pastry is golden brown and the juices are bubbling. 9 Transfer the pan to a cooling rack and let cool 10 minutes. Remove the rim of the pan and let the tart cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar. Store covered with a large inverted bowl at room temperature up to 24 hours. From "1,000 Italian Recipes." Copyright 2004 by Michele Scicolone. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

STRAWBERRY & CINNAMON TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/gas4/ fan 160C. Line the base of a loose-bottomed 23cm cake tin with greaseproof paper and butter the sides.
• Mix almonds, butter, sugar, flour, cinnamon, egg and egg yolk in a food processor just until the ingredients are evenly combined.
• Spread half the mixture over the base of the tin in a smooth layer with no gaps - easiest to do this with two forks. Lay the sliced strawberries on top. Add the remaining cake mixture and spread it as best you can, but don't worry if a few strawberries peep through.
• Bake for 1 hour (it may need an extra 5 minutes), but check after 40 minutes - if it is getting too brown, cover loosely with foil. The torte should be slightly risen and dark golden brown when cooked.
• Cool in the tin slightly, then loosen the edges with a knife and remove from the tin. Slide the torte onto a plate and sprinkle with a dusting of icing sugar. Serve warm or cold, in wedges with dollops of cream and Greek yogurt.

CINNAMON CHOCOLATE TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Line three 9 inch cake pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat 1-1/2 cups butter with 1-1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour and cinnamon. Stir this mixture into the butter/sugar mixture with a wooden spoon.
• Divide dough into 8-9 equal portions.
• Spread one portion in each pan.
• Bake for 8-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool the cookies in pans on racks. Remove from pans, reline pans with parchment and repeat with remaining 6 portions of dough.
• When all cookies are baked and cooling, prepare filling.
• Filling:.
• In a large bowl whip the cream until stiff. Sift cocoa and fold into cream.
• In another bowl stir together sugar and sour cream until sugar dissolves. Stir in grated semi-sweet chocolate.
• Fold sour cream mixture into whipped cream mixture.
• To assemble:.
• Arrange one cookie on a cake plate; spread with about 1/9 of filling. Keep layering cookies and filling finishing with filling. Garnish with a pile of chocolate curls.
• To freeze: Freeze on a cardboard cake circle you can purchase at a baking supply store. Layer as above and then insert a few toothpicks in the top to hold the plastic wrap off the top of the torte.
• Wrap in plastic and then in foil. Label and freezer for up to 2 months.
• To serve:.
• Thaw on counter for 1 hour before serving. Unwrap, remove toothpicks and garnish with the chocolate curls.
• To make chocolate curls: Run a vegetable peeler over a brick of chocolate and pieces will "curl" off the peeler.