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Black Bottom Torte Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
21 graham crackers (42 squares) crushed (2½ cups)
7½ tablespoons butter, melted

3 cups milk
1½ cups sugar
3 tablespoons flour
2¼ tsp cornstarch

Knox gelatin
6 beaten egg yolks
3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
1½ tablespoons vanilla

¾ cup powdered sugar
pinch of cream of tartar, vanilla and salt
Directions:
Directions:
Mix crushed graham crackers and butter. Press into bottom of 9/13 pan, saving ½
cup for top of torte.

Cook milk, sugar, flour, and cornstarch like a custard. Dissolve 1½
tablespoons Knox gelatin in ⅜ cup cold water and add to cooked custard while still hot.
Take 1½ cups of above mixture and add 3 squared of unsweetened chocolate, melted, and 1½ tspn vanilla. Spread the chocolate mixture on crackers in pan. Chill until hard.
Beat egg whites and add powdered sugar, cream of tartar,, vanilla and salt. Stir into remaining custard. Pour over chilled chocolate mixture. Sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs.

Chill

YUMMY
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is a family tradition to have this torte served every Christmas

 

 

 

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