Kahlua Torte Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with cooking spray; dust with flour.
• Combine cake mix, sour cream, eggs, coffee-flavored liqueur, oil, pudding mix, orange zest, and cinnamon in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until very smooth, about 4 minutes. Fold in chocolate chips. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a plate; let cool completely, about 30 minutes. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Crust:Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Toast hazelnuts in oven on a rimmed baking sheet until skins split and flesh turns deep golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. When cool enough to handle, rub nuts in a clean kitchen towel to remove skins (some will remain). Let cool completely. Finely grind in a food processor. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
• Stir together nuts, cookie crumbs, espresso powder, salt, and butter. Press onto bottom and up sides of an 11-inch round tart pan with a removable bottom. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Bake tart shell on a baking sheet until firm to the touch, about 20 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
• Mousse:Whisk liqueur, cocoa, egg yolks, espresso powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Melt chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Whisk in liqueur mixture. Cook, whisking, until mixture is thickened and registers 160 degrees on an instant-read thermometer. Let cool completely.
• Beat cream just to stiff peaks; set aside. Whisk egg whites and sugar in the heatproof bowl of an electric mixer set over a pan of simmering water. Cook, whisking, until sugar is dissolved and mixture registers 140 degrees on thermometer.
• Fit mixer with the whisk attachment; transfer bowl with meringue to mixer. Starting on medium speed and gradually increasing to high, beat meringue until shiny and cool. Using a rubber spatula, fold chocolate mixture and then whipped cream into meringue. Spread in tart shell. Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat Kahlua over medium heat until mixture starts to have bubbles around the edge, but not boiling.
• Place Kahlua in a blender with chocolate morsels and process until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth (if you find it is too thick, and your morsels are not melting, remove a little and set it in pan to melt somewhat and get warm, then mix that back in, but do not scorch it!).
• Add powdered sugar, egg yolks, and butter, and mix until smooth.
• Place mixture in a bowl, cover, and refrigerate 1 hour or until it becomes thick enough to spread.
• Holding your serrated bread knife parallel to the countertop, slice the pound cake into 6 thin layers (best to do 1 layer at a time, making a little marking with a toothpick so you know where to cut).
• Lay the first layer on a cake plate and top with enough frosting to form a frosting layer about 3/8-inch thick (optional: before putting on frosting you may also add a little Kahlua to the cake- spoon it on lightly, then proceed to frost; be careful though, as you have 6 layers!!!).
• Then cut the second layer and place it on top of the icing and proceed as with the first, etc.
• ,finally finishing with the top, and icing the torte all around.
• Refrigerate the torte at least 1 hour before serving (this helps it hold when being cut into).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients in medium bowl. Press crust mixture onto bottom of 9-inch spring form pan with 2 3/4 inches high on the sides. Bake crust until firm, about 8 minutes. Transfer pan to rack and cool crust completely.
• Mix ice cream, kahlua in large bowl. Mix in heath bars, saving several tablespoons for garnish. Pour ice cream into crust, smooth top, freeze until firm, about four hours. Can be prepared 2 days ahead covered.
• Using small knife cut around side of pan to loosen torte. Remove pan sides, sprinkle saved crushed heath bar on top. Let torte stand 3 to 5 minutes. Cut into wedges and serve with hot fudge sauce.
• Combine chopped dark chocolate with butter, sugar, heavy cream, and hot water. Melt mixture stirring, at low heat for five minutes. Remove from heat, add vanilla and salt and serve warm.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Fit an 8-in square baking pan bottom with wax paper.
• Grease the sides and the paper of baking pan.
• Melt the butter.
• Add expresso powder and sugar into the melted butter; stir well until dissolved.
• Add the chocolate chips to the hot butter/expresso mixture; stir until chocolate is melted.
• Beat in the 8 eggs, one at a time.
• Stir in Kahlua.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
• Place the pan into a larger baking pan, and fill the larger pan halfway to top of water (making a water bath).
• Bake for 35 minutes.
• Chill at least 8 hours before serving onto a serving platter.
• Note: serve with pureed strawberries or raspberries or your favorite berry.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat Kahlua over medium heat until bubbles form around edge.
• In blender combine hot Kahlua and chocolate pieces.
• Process until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Add powdered sugar, egg yolks and butter and process until smooth.
• Transfer to bowl, cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until spreading consistency.
• Holding long, serrated knife parallel to working surface, slice cake into seven layers.
• place first layer on serving plate or tray and spread with chocolate mixture to form frosting layer about 3/8- inch thick.
• Add second layer of cake and continue to frost until all cake layers are used.
• Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour, or until ready to serve, up to 24 hours ahead.