Russian Chocolate Tort
| Yield: | 6 Servings |
| Categories: | Chocolate, Desserts |
| 1 | c | Softened butter |
| 2 | c | Sugar |
| 4 | Eggs--seperated | |
| 1/2 | c | Heavy cream |
| 1 | c | Mashed potatos |
| 1 | c | Ground almonds |
| 4 | oz | Unsweetened chocolate--melted |
| 1 | ts | Pure vanilla extract |
| 2 | ts | Rum |
| 1 | ts | Cinnamon |
| 1 1/2 | c | Unbleached white flour |
| 2 | ts | Baking powder |
| FROSTING: | ||
| 3 | tb | Butter--softened |
| 1 1/2 | c | Powdered sugar--sifted |
| 2 | tb | Strong, warm freshly brewed coffee |
| 1 | oz | Unsweetened chocolate--melted |
| 1 | tb | Strong, dark rum |
| 1/2 | ts | Pure vanilla extract |
| FILLING: | ||
| 1/2 | c | Raspberry butter OR jam OR 1/2 cup stewed dried apricots--pureed |
| 16 | Whole almonds or 1/2 cup slivered almonds. |
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