Prinzregenten Torte- German #134

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 Prinzregententorte- #134

A torte with 8 thin layers of sponge cake, filled with chocolate butter cream, apricot jam, and topped with a chocolate ganache.

                                           

Sponge Cake: 

  • 1-1/4 c. Butter
  • 1 c. Plus 2 T. Sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
  • 1-3/4 c. All-purpose flour
  • 1/2 c. Cornstarch
  • 1 tsp. Baking powder
Chocolate Butter Cream:
  • 1/4 c. Unsweetened cocoa
  • 1/2 c. Cornstarch
  • 2/3 c. Sugar
  • 2-1/2 c. Milk
  • 1 1/4 c. Salted butter, softened
Ganache:
  • 12-14 oz. semisweet chocolate
  • Heavy cream
  1. Sponge cake:  Preheat oven 375F. Cut 8-8” rounds parchment paper, grease, and place on greased baking sheets.
  2. Sift together twice the flour, cornstarch and baking powder.
  3. In a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar.
  4. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and stir in the vanilla extract.
  5. Fold flour mixture into butter mixture.
  6. Divide the mixture into 8 equal portions and spread thinly into circles, as evenly as possible, on the parchment paper rounds, to within 1-1/2” of the edges.
  7. Bake about 7 minutes or until just lightly tinted.
  8. Carefully remove each from baking sheets and cool completely.
  9. Chocolate buttercream: In a mixing bowl, whisk together cocoa, cornstarch, and sugar. With a mixer slowly add some of the milk to make a paste.
  10. Bring the remaining milk to the boiling point, add the cornstarch mixture, and stir over moderate heat until thickened.  Put aside until lukewarm.
  11. Beat softened butters until creamy.
  12. Gradually add the milk mixture to the butter.  Allow to cool.
  13. Ganache: In a double boiler melt chocolate, stirring.
  14. Heat heavy cream until lukewarm. Slowly pour into melted chocolate, stirring, until the right consistency.
  15. Assembly: join together each layer with the chocolate buttercream frosting. Chill.
  16. Cover with ganache and chill.
Results: This is easier than it appears at first glance. I baked 3 cakes at a time on a cookie sheet.  Everything else was pretty straight forward.
Bottom Line: YUM! A big hit. A Keeper.
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