Coffee Mallow Torte Food

COFFEE - TOFFEE TORTE

Steps:

• For crust: Preheat oven to 350°F Grind nuts with ground cookies and toffee in processor.
• Add 5 tblsps butter, blend until nuts are finely chopped.
• To moisten crumbs, if necessary, blend in 1 tblsp butter.
• Using plastic wrap as aid, press mixture onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch-diameter springform pan.
• Freeze 15 minutes.
• Bake crust until golden, about 12 minutes.
• Freeze crust.
• For ganache: Bring cream and corn syrup to simmer in medium saucepan.
• Remove from heat.
• Add chocolate; whisk until melted and smooth.
• Cool to room temperature.
• For mousse: Whisk sugar, yolks, 1/3 cup water and espresso powder in large metal bowl.
• Set bowl over saucepan of simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water); whisk until candy thermometer registers 160F, about 3 minutes.
• Remove bowl from over water.
• Add nutmeg.
• Using electric mixer, beat egg mixture until cool and thick, about 5 minutes.
• Beat 2 ½ cups cream, liqueur and vanilla in another large bowl until stiff peaks form.
• Fold cream mixture and toffee into egg mixture.
• Spoon half of mousse into crust.
• Drizzle ¼ cup ganache over.
• Using tip of knife, swirl mixtures together.
• Carefully spoon remaining mousse over; smooth top.
• Cover and freeze torte overnight.
• Cover remaining ganache; chill.
• Rewarm remaining ganache over low heat, whisking just until slightly softened but not melted.
• If necessary, let stand until firm enough to pipe.
• Spoon ganache into pastry bag fitted with star tip.
• Run sharp knife around torte pan sides.
• Release pan sides.
• Pipe ganache in lattice design atop torte.
• Pipe ganache in star shapes around border.
• Garnish with almonds.
• Note: This torte can be prepared up to 1 week ahead.
• Freeze until lattice sets, then cover and keep frozen.

MARSHMALLOW-COFFEE TORTE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl combine cookie crumbs and butter.
• Press into the bottom and about 1 1/2 inches up the sides of a 9 inch springform pan.
• Set aside.
• In a small saucepan combine hot fudge topping and coffee crystals.
• Heat and stir until smooth.
• Cool slightly.
• Spread fudge topping over the crumb mix in the springform pan.
• In a large bowl fold marshmallow creme into cool-whip until combined.
• Set aside.
• In a chilled large bowl, stir ice cream with a wooden spoon until softened.
• Fold in whipped topping mixture.
• spoon into crust.
• Sprinkle with chopped pecans and half of the grated chocolate.
• Cover and freeze for 6 hours or until firm.
• Before serving, let stand at room temperature 10 minutes.
• Drizzle with caramel topping and sprinkle with remaining grated chocolate.
• If desired garnish with pecan halves.

COFFEE-MALLOW MOUSSE

Steps:

• Dissolve coffee in boiling water, then dissolve the marshmallows in the hot coffee. Refrigerate to cool.
• When cool, fold in Cool Whip.
• Line a buttered bowl or mold with ladyfingers. Pour the marshmallow mixture into the bowl. Top with grated chocolate.
• Chill for 3-4 hours until firm. Unmold onto serving plate.

6 LAYER TOFFEE TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350:.
• Grease and flour 3, 8 inch cake pans.
• In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, margarine, buttermilk, cocoa, baking soda, vanilla, salt and eggs.
• With mixer on low, beat just until mixed, scraping sides with spatula.
• Add coffee to bowl.
• Increase speed to medium and beat 2 minutes.
• Pour batter into pans.
• Bake 25-30 minutes.
• Cool cake in pans on racks, 10 minutes then remove from pans and cool completely.
• While cake is cooling, chop Heath bars, reserve 2/3 of the heath bar.
• In a cup, dissolve 1/2 tsp instant coffee with 1 tsp hot water.
• Cool.
• With serrated knife, cut each cake in two, making 6 thin layers.
• In a bowl, beat whipping cream, brown sugar and cooled 1 tsp of coffee until stiff peaks form.
• TO ASSEMBLE CAKE:.
• place 1 layer on plate; spread with 1/2 cup whipped cream.
• Sprinkle with 1/5 of the remaining Heath bar.
• Repeat layers 4 more times.
• Top with last layer of cake.
• Thinly spread whipped cream over top and.
• sides of cake.
• Gently press reserved 2/3 of the Heath toffee onto top and sides of cake.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

COFFEE-MALLOW TORTE

Steps:

• In medium bowl combine cookie crumbs and butter. Press into bottom and about 1 1/2 inches up sides of a 9-inch springform pan; set aside.
• In small saucepan combine hot fudge topping and coffee crystals. Heat and stir over low just until smooth; cool slightly. Spread topping over crumb mixture.
• In large bowl stir marshmallow creme into whipped dessert topping until combined; set aside.
• In chilled large bowl stir ice cream with a wooden spoon until softened. Fold in whipped topping mixture. Spoon into crust. Sprinkle with chopped pecans and half of the grated chocolate. Cover and freeze for 6 hours or until firm.
• Before serving, let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes before releasing the pan. Drizzle with caramel topping and remaining grated chocolate. If desired, garnish with pecan halves.