Chocolate-Orange Torte

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Serves 8| Hands-On Time: 15m | Total Time: 45m

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375° F. Lightly coat a 9-inch round cake pan with vegetable cooking spray.
  2. Finely chop the almonds. Grate 1 teaspoon orange zest from one of the oranges and cut strips of zest from another to use for garnish. Squeeze 1 1/2 cups juice from the oranges.
  3. Prepare the muffin mix according to the label directions but substitute 3/4 cup of the orange juice for water and blend in the chopped almonds and grated zest.
  4. Pour into pan. Bake 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool torte in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan.
  5. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the sugar and the remaining 3/4 cup orange juice. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until slightly reduced and thickened, about 10 minutes.
  6. To serve, spoon the sauce over the torte and garnish with the orange-zest strips.
     If you made it from scratch: 2 1/2 hours.
By Jane Kirby,  September 2001

Nutritional Information

  • Per Serving
  • Calories 491
  • Calcium  55mg
  • Carbohydrate  81g
  • Cholesterol  17mg
  • Fat  17g
  • Fiber  2g
  • Iron  2mg
  • Protein  6mg
  • Sat Fat  5g
  • Sodium  366mg
What does this mean? See Nutrition 101.

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