Russian Chocolate Torte
My friend and I went on a day's Baking Course this week, and this Torte was one of the things we made. In Russian it's called a Bistvitny Torte. It's not difficult to make, but I found mixing the 2 chocolates together to make marbled chocolate quite challenging, especially making the marbling even. It was an interesting fun day, and we watched demonstrations of bread making and a complicated 4 layer gateau. We weren't expected to make these, but we did get to sample some of each. We brought home the items we'd baked, and I asked if I could put the recipes on here, and was told it was ok if I wrote it in my own words. So that's what I'm doing! What makes the torte different is that it's soaked in a brandy flavoured syrup, otherwise tbh it's a marble cake. Preheat oven 190C/gas5 Grease a 23cm ring pan well . Make the decorations - Melt 25g each of dark and white chocolate. Put a sheet of baking paper on a baking tray and put alternative sp...