Recipe - Cocoa Pecan Torte

2/3 cup Margarine or butter
1 One half cup Pecans, ground
1 cup Sugar
Three fourths cup Cocoa
1 teaspoon Almond flavoring
ds Of salt
3 Eggs, slightly beaten
One half cup Chilled whipping cream
1 tablespoon Powdered sugar
12 Whole pecans

Preheat oven to 375. Grease round pan, 8x1One half Heat margarine in large
saucepan over low heat. Stir in ground pecans, sugar, cocoa, almond
flavoring, salt and eggs. Pour into pan. Bake 25 to 28 mins. or until
toothpick test comes out clean. Cool 10 mins. Loosen side form pan, remove
and cool completely. Beat whipping cream and powdered sugar in a chilled 2
quart bowl until stiff. Spread over cake top and arrange whole pecans.

Posted to Kitmailbox Digest by "Kim" kreese@paradise.net on Mar 4, 1997