Chocolate Nut Torte

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Title: Chocolate Nut Torte
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 1 servings

5 Eggs
2 1/2 c Sugar
2 1/2 ts Baking powder
1 tb Butter
1 1/4 c Scaled milk
2 1/2 c Flour
1 ts Vanilla
1/8 ts Salt
Frosting:
2 c Milk
1/2 c Sugar
1/2 c Flour
1/4 c Cocoa
1/3 c Cold milk
1 c Butter
1 c Powered sugar
2 ts Vanilla
Chopped nuts

Beat eggs till light. Gradually add one cup sugar and
continue beating. Add the remaining surgar and beat till
light and fluffy. Combine butter with milk and gradually
add to egg mixture. Add sifted dry ingredients and
vanilla. Mix well.
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. When cool, cut in half to make
four layers.

Frosting:
Heat 2 cups milk in double boiler. Combine next four
ingredients and add to hot milk. Cook over hot water till
thickened stirring constantly (about 20 minutes). Remove
from heat. Cover and cool to room temperature.
Thouroughly cream butter and powered sugar. Add to above
mixture. Add vanilla and beat till smooth. Spread between
layers and on top and sides of cake. Decorate with chopped
nuts.JM.

Note-- I usually do the recipe for the frosting at 1 and
1/2 times because it is so delicious and I like a good
layer of frosting inside and out. Every year on Christmas
Eve, we would have all of my relatives over for a mass and
party. The high-lite of this event was the "Torte" my mom
would make. I remember her spend all day in the kitchen
baking on Christmas Eve. We only got this cake once a year
because it was a lot of work, but well worth the work and
the wait. "The Fisher's" <fish@micron.net>

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