Coffee Pecan Torte

Coffee Pecan Torte

Cook Time 35 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 lb ground pecans
  • 1 cup sugar divided
  • 1 tbsp instant coffee
  • 3 tbsp bread crumbs
  • 7 eggs separated
  • 1 whole egg

Method
 

  1. 1. Heat oven to 350°.
  2. 2. Separate 7 eggs. Add 1 whole egg to yolks and beat with 1/2 cup of the sugar and beat yolks until they are pale yellow and creamy.
  3. 3. Add into instant coffee and bread crumbs.
  4. 4. Beat egg whites with remaining 1/2 cup of sugar until they are very stiff.
  5. 5. Take a big scoop of egg whites and put it into the egg yolk mixture.
  6. 6. Put into pans that have been well greased with butter (9″ pan).
  7. 7. Bake 30 to 40 min. Cakes will be very springy when done.
  8. 8. Let cool and remove from pans.

Notes

Recipe uses 8 egg yolks total (7 separated eggs plus 1 whole egg) and 7 egg whites. Some handwriting was difficult to read but best interpretation provided.

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