Christmas Jam Torte - Chocolate Winterberry Almond
By
Tiffany Bannworth
@MissAnubis
1
I enjoy baking one of these in various flavors every Christmas.
Serve this on your favorite china or silver, to really embrace the elegant Christmas spirit.
Will that be two cubes or one in your coffee or tea?
Serve this on your favorite china or silver, to really embrace the elegant Christmas spirit.
Will that be two cubes or one in your coffee or tea?
Ingredients
-
3/4 cflour
-
1/2 calmond meal
-
1 cdark brown sugar
-
1egg
-
3 Tbspdark molasses
-
1 ccream
-
1/4 coil
-
1 Tbspcinnamon
-
1 tspginger
-
1 tspallspice, ground
-
1 Tbspbaking soda
-
1 pinchkosher salt
-
1 Tbsporange extract
-
1 Tbsporange zest
-
1/2 cdark chocolate morsels
-
1/8 ccranberries, dried
-
1/8 ccurrants, dried
-
1/4 cwhole almonds, blanched
-
·apricot jam
-
·boysenberry, raspberry, or blueberry jam
-
·colored sugar crystals, optional
-
·powdered sugar
How to Make Christmas Jam Torte - Chocolate Winterberry Almond
- Mix the first 14 ingredients in a mixing bowl. Blend well.
- Then fold in berries, chocolate, and almonds.
- Pour half the batter into a tin sprayed with Baker's Joy.
- Then spread alternately stripes of apricot and boysenberry jam, keeping a half an inch from the edge of the pie.
- Pour the rest of the batter atop.
- Bake at 325F until cooked throughout, about 20 minutes.
- Wait about 10-15 minutes, then remove from tin onto cake stand.
- Optionally sprinkle with powdered sugar.
