When I got to work at the bakery Tuesday, before I was even fully in the door, the owner asked me if I had any recipes that would use up a bunch of apricot…
And I was like actually… You know what, yes, yes I do. And I’ve been wanting to make it for MONTHS now. So I whipped out my phone, pulled up the DA Wiki, and made Nevarran Hazelnut Torte (with some slight modifications for what we had on hand). AND IT’S SO FREAKING GOOD YOU GUYS! I have all of the actual ingredients at home and I’ve been meaning to make it, so this was a pretty good test run.
I did tell some of my coworkers where the recipe was from (because they only see me this excited about something when it’s nerdy) and they were all for it. One of them has also been reading my Emmrookanis fic, so she knew exactly which characters I was talking about.
I also did a cute little blurb for our social media post, “Achievement Unlocked! Take your tastebuds on an adventure with this Apricot Nutella Cake with layers of fluffy chocolate hazelnut cake, tart apricot preserves, covered in rich dark chocolate hazelnut ganache.”
This was definitely more “cake” than “torte” because of the substitutions, but I feel like the flavour profile should be pretty similar…
1 1/2C sugar
8 egg yolks
1C Nutella
1/2C milk
1/2C oil (or melted butter)
2 3/4C AP flour
2 1/2t of baking powder
8 eggs whites, whipped to stiff peaks
1C dark chocolate
1C of heavy cream
1/2C Nutella
1T espresso