INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Marinated cherries: If using canned cherries, drain. Save the liquid
for another use. Bring the sugar and water to a boil over medium  heat,
stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Let cook for 3 minutes.  Stir in
the Kirsch. Add the cherries and marinate overnight. Cake:  Mix
together the nuts, cocoa powder, and grated chocolate. Set aside.  With
an electric mixer or wire whisk, beat the 10 egg whites with 1/2  cup
sugar to the stiff peak stage. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl,  beat
the 10 egg yolks and the remaining 1/2 cup sugar until the  mixture
forms ribbons when the beaters or whisk is raised. Gently  fold the egg
whites and nuts, 1/3 at a time, into the egg yolk  mixture. Do not over
mix. Divide the batter between two 9-inch cake  pans (springform
recommended) that have been greased and floured or  lined with
parchment paper. Bake in a preheated 350 oven for 35  minutes. Remove
the cakes from the pans and cool on a wire rack.  Filling: Drain
cherries & set aside. Reserve Kirsch syrup. Melt  chocolate in double
boiler. Reserve. With mixer or whisk, whip cream  w/ Kirsch & powdered
sugar until firm. Remove 1-1/2 cups of cream to  another bowl. Reserve
remainder. Gently fold melted chocolate into  1-1/2 cups of whipped
cream. Spoon chocolate cream into pastry bag  w/round tip. Slice 1 cake
round horizontally. Brush w/Kirsch syrup.  Pipe on chocolate cream.
Arrange 1/2 of cherries at regular intervals  in concentric circles
from the perimeter to the center of the cake.  Brush 1 of the other
half layers of cake w/ Kirsch syrup. Place on  the layer of filling.
Repeat piping of chocolate cream, and  distribution of cherries as in
step 2. Place the remaining half-layer  of cake on the second layer of
filling. Frost the entire torte with  the remaining whipped cream.
Garnish with additional cherries and  chocolate shavings.  PHILIPPE'S
TIME DOES NOT INC. MARINATING  FENDANT, GRAND VIN DU VALAIS, 82  From
the <Micro Cookbook Collection of French Recipes>.  Downloaded  from
Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 1019
Calories From Fat: 493
Total Fat: 56.7g
Cholesterol: 444.1mg
Sodium: 657.8mg
Potassium: 499.4mg
Carbohydrates: 112.3g
Fiber: 4.6g
Sugar: 50.7g
Protein: 25.7g