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If anyone can help, I would really appriciate it. I am trying to find the recipe from the Great American Recipe collection for Red River Butter Cream Chocolate Torte cake. Please help.

Thank you,

AN

GARC Best Cakes and Pastries Card # 55 Gr 17

Red River Chocolate Buttercream Torte

For one 3 layer cake, 12 servings,
you will need:

1 cup unsifted unsweetened cocoa

2 cups boiling water

2 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powders

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine

2 1/2 cups granulated sugar

4 eggs

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

FILLING:

1 cup whipping cream

1/4 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:

1 pkg (6 oz) semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup half and half

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine

2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

PREPARATION:

1. Combine cocoa and boiling water; whisk until smooth. Cool.

2. Sift together flour, soda, baking powders, salt.

3. Lightly grease and flour three 9 - inch round layer cake pans.

4. In bowl of mixer, cream butter with sugar. Add eggs and vanilla.

5. Beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes at medium speed.
Add flour mixture alternately with cocoa mixture. Do not overbeat.

6. Pour batter into pans. Bake at 350 F for 25 mins until cake is done.

7. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Loosen sides. Remove to racks to cool.

8. Whip cream with powdered sugar, add vanilla. Spread between layers.

9. For frosting, combine chocolate, half and half and butter in saucepan.
Stir over medium heat until smooth.
Whisk in powdered sugar. Place over bowl of ice and beat until fluffy.

10. Frost cake. Refrigerate.

Thank you so much Peanut Patty, you are a lifesaver. My son wants this for his birthday party next weekend. Thank you again. I thought I had the Neiman Marcus recipe but it was for cookies not cake. Sorry.

Angela

NEIMAN-MARCUS CAKE

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1 box yellow super moist cake
mix
1 egg
1 stick melted margarine
1 c. chopped nuts
3 c. powdered sugar
2 eggs
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese,
softened

Mix together cake mix, 1 egg, margarine and nuts. Press
into 9 x 13-inch cake pan. Mix together sugar, 2 eggs and
cream cheese. Pour this over cake mixture. Sprinkle more
chopped nuts on top if desired. Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
Note: This recipe is from the Neiman-Marcus Restaurant
in Dallas, Texas.

I have the collection also I can give you that recipe and maybe you have the beef stroganoff recipe I need let me know Judi

Are you sure you have the name right? I have the complete collection, and it's not in here. Any other variations to the name? I can go back and look again.