Comments on: double chocolate torte

By: Francine

Francine — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:10:15 +0000

I made this this weekend and it is absolutely spectacular! It seems complicated to make but it’s not! I even put the cake with the mousse in the freezer to speed the hardening of the mousse. I also had to make it non-dairy!

By: Emily Elayne

Emily Elayne — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:04:12 +0000

Thanks for the clarification. My eyes must have been doing the “end of the work day blur” again!

By: deb

deb — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:03:08 +0000

The mousse directions are in the second paragraph and they include chocolate so I am not sure I am following… Perhaps the picture you are looking at is the whipped egg whites or whipped cream?

This “torte” is three layers — first, a flourless chocolate cake, which you bake and let cool. Then you make a mousse, which is not baked (aside from the part that is cooked over the stove) and spread it over the cake layer. Finally, you spread whipped cream over the whole thing and if you’d like, garnish it with fresh raspberries. I hope that clarifies it.

By: Emily Elayne

Emily Elayne — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:18:22 +0000

Okay, I’ve read through the recipe twice and I think the combination of recipe and pictures has got me confused…

For the mousse do I eventually end up mixing all of the ingredients together? From the picture it doesn’t look as if there is any chocolate in the mousse…

By: Leigh

Leigh — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:46:01 +0000

Hi everyone- I’m going to make this tomorrow for my FIL’s birthday. Do you think it would be okay without the mousse, maybe with a nice strawberry coulis instead?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:28:47 +0000

THE perfect dessert. Birthday? Make it. Wedding? Sure. Break up? Got pregnant?Yes, two. Hired, fired, car broke down, exams, win the lottery? MAKE it. If you are celebrating, it`s perfect. If you are depressed, it`s still perfect.
Everyone should have this cake. We all have a reason.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:54:26 +0000

This was the most amazing thing ever. Definitely one of those desserts you make when you want to show off or impress! Aaaaand, it’s great if you make it a day ahead so it can sit for 24 hours in the fridge. The cake tastes almost like fudge! Mmmmmmm!

By: Sophie

Sophie — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:30:14 +0000

Woohooo! Thanks so much, Deb this was awesome. I was searching for the perfect dessert for my mom’s birthday, she is the chocolate lover in our family, and I knew a pound of chocolate would be just about right. It was unbelievable. It really was simple to do, too! And my dad, who doesn’t care for rich desserts and prefers maybe a fruit cobbler, ate his entire rich delicious piece in record time. Thanks for making me look great! :)

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:28:44 +0000

Did you use the bittersweet or the semisweet chocolate?

By: deb

deb — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:08:57 +0000

Of course.