Chocolate Bavarian Torte
"My friend Roz found this recipe in the newspaper and it is just delicious. So easy, too. The original recipe called for whipping cream, whipped.. but she used Cool Whip whipped toopping and it was VERY good."
photo by DeeBee
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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1 cake
ingredients
- 1 (18 ounce) box devil's food cake mix or (18 ounce) box chocolate cake mix (not pudding in the mix type)
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2⁄3 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cups heavy cream, whipped or (8 ounce) carton cool whip non-dairy whipped topping, thawed
- chocolate shavings or cocoa, for garnish
directions
- Bake cake layers according to package directions.
- Remove from pans.
- Let cool.
- Split each layer in half.
- Cream brown sugar, vanilla, cream cheese and salt until sugar is dissolved and mixture is light and fluffy.
- Fold in whipped cream or Cool Whip® topping.
- Put one layer on plate.
- Top with some of filling.
- Add next layer.
- Top with more filling.
- Add third layer.
- Top with more filling.
- Add top layer and spread the rest of filling on top.
- Garnish with chocolate curls or sprinkle with cocoa.
- refrigerate.
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Note: An easy way to make chocolate curls:
- Melt a cup of chocolate chips with a teaspoon of Crisco shortening and pour (about 1/4-inch thick) on the back of an ungreased cookie sheet or baking pan.
- Let it sit until it firms up (don't refrigerate) and then take a spoon and scrape a long line of chocolate.
- It will curl as you scrape.
- Or use small metal pancake turner to form curls.
- Hold pancake turner at 45° angle and scrape chocolate into curls.
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Reviews
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I made this cake to take to work and it was easy. I was a little leery of putting the cream filling on the top of the cake, so I opted for a chocolate ganache instead. I will also sweeten the filling a little more the next time I make it. It was a hit with my co-workers. Thanks Sheryll -
#2 son, age 12, had to bring a German recipe to a class party. This recipe was easy enough that he could do most of the work himself. The filling tastes a lot like apple dip, and the kids like it. The one suggestion I'd make, for people more kitchen savvy than my son, would be to use a heavier torte batter, rather than box mix. Trying to slice layers on a box mix cake is a challenge. Our layers came out a bit lopsided. I've made torten before, and my regular recipe is easier to slice neatly. We compensated for some sloping layers by piling the filling on extra thick.
Tweaks
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I made this cake to take to work and it was easy. I was a little leery of putting the cream filling on the top of the cake, so I opted for a chocolate ganache instead. I will also sweeten the filling a little more the next time I make it. It was a hit with my co-workers. Thanks Sheryll
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DeeBee
Atco, NJ
Hmm... let's see.. Cooking is my passion... I'm retired now and able to cook and bake every day. I think the most helpful cookbook that I own would have to be The New Doubleday Cookbook. I just love kitchen gadgets and have many of them. Besides cooking I love to sing and belong to the Sweet Adeline's International.
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