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      Title: Sigi's Chocolate Torte
 Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
      Yield: 10 servings
 
      1    Cake/pound cake
      6 oz Semi sweet chocolate chips
      3 tb Water; boiling
      4    Egg yolks
    1/2 c  Butter; softened
      1 ts Vanilla -or- rum
           Nuts; chopped; any kind
 
  Prepare favorite pound cake in loaf shape, or thaw if
  frozen. Slice cake into 4 even horizontal slices. Place
  chocolate chips in blender. Whirl about 3 seconds until
  pieces are a caorse powder. Add boiling water. Whirl until
  smooth. Blend in yolks. Add butter, whirling until smooth,
  followed by either rum or vanilla extract. Spread evenly
  between cake layers, on sides and top. If icing is too
  thin, refrigerate a few minutes until of spreading
  consistency. Decorate cake with nuts. Refrigerate cake
  about 3 hours before slicing to serve. Keep leftover cake
  covered in refrigerator.
 
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