Kona Macadamia Caramel Torte Recipes

CARAMEL MACADAMIA NUT TART

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line the bottom of a 10-inch removable bottom tart pan with a circle of parchment paper.
• In an electric mixer, beat together all the crust ingredients until smooth and creamy. Pour the batter into the prepared tart pan and bake for 15 minutes, or until the crust is set.
• For the filling, combine the butter, agave nectar, and salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. The mixture should reach 250°F on a candy thermometer. Remove from the heat and stir in the cream, nuts, and vanilla extract. Pour into the prebaked crust and return to the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until golden and bubbly.
• Important note: place the tart pan on a baking sheet before placing in the oven. This will prevent the caramel from dripping inside your oven and make it easier to remove the hot tart from the oven.
• Cool the tart to room temperature, then refrigerate for 4 or more hours. It will look a bit gooey at first, but the caramel hardens when refrigerated. When the tart has set, carefully cut out wedges, remembering to peel off the parchment paper. This tart is difficult to remove as a whole from the pan because of the hardened caramel topping, so you'll need to cut it into individual pieces to serve. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

MACADAMIA NUT CAKE WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• CAKE.
• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Butter a 10" round cake pan.
• In food processor combine nuts, flour and baking powder. Pulse to chop nuts finely.
• In large bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar together.
• In another bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.
• Fold whites into yolk mixture.
• Fold in nut mixture.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Spoon into cake pan.
• Bake 30 minutes until golden.
• CARAMEL SAUCE.
• In saucepan over medium heat, add sugar and half and half and stir until sugar dissolves.
• Simmer gently without stirring until caramelized.
• Remove from heat, stir in butter.
• Let cool.
• Drizzle over cake and top with whipped cream.

MACADAMIA FUDGE TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray a 9" or 10" springform pan with Pam.
• In a small saucepan, combine condensed milk and chocolate chips.
• Heat on med-low setting til chocolate is melted, stirring occasionally.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, cinnamon and oil until crumbly.
• Place pears in a blender and blend until smooth.
• In a large bowl, combine 2 1/2 cups of the cake mix mixture, pears and eggs.
• (The rest of the cake is used for the topping.) Beat with an electric mixer at low speed until moistened, then at med speed for 2 minutes.
• Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
• Drop chocolate chip mixture by spoonfuls over the batter.
• Stir nuts and water into remaining cake mix mixture blending well, and sprinkle over batter.
• Bake 45-50 minutes or until top springs back lightly when touched in center.
• (Be careful not to overbake or cake will be dry.) Cool 10 minutes.
• Remove side of pan and cool.
• Combine butterscotch topping and milk in saucepan over med-low heat heat for 3-4 minutes or until well blended, stirring occasionally.
• To serve, spoon about 2 tablespoons of warm sauce on to plate and top with wedge of torte.