{"id":9214,"date":"2016-01-12T20:41:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T01:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/?p=9214"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:56:51","slug":"almond-torte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/?p=9214","title":{"rendered":"Almond Torte"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Hi Friends,  It has been a long time since I posted on Tidbits of Joy.  I took a new job as office manager for Pinnacle Endodontics, Dr. Cameron Howard last year.  Now that it is up and running I can scale back on the days I work.  So, I am hoping to get back to posting and hearing from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a simple but elegant Torte that my friend Marcy Howard made a lot this past Holiday Season.  The great thing is the recipe makes two so one to serve now and one to freeze.  Are you surprised that I like this?   I am making it today to take to our small group “Retreat” next weekend.  We all bring a meal and I am doing homemade lasagna, which I already made and put in the freezer, a chopped salad and this yummy Almond Torte.  I like to serve this Torte with whipped cream and berries.  I hope you will try it and let me know what you think.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The credit for this Torte goes to Anna Lee’s Kitchen in Roswell, Georgia.  Her restaurant is known for cooking classes and wonderful lunches.  Over the years I have attended many classes and have acquired a lot of great recipes that I serve over and over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy 2016 and whatever you cook “It will be the best you ever made”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Almond Tart<\/h2>\n
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Servings: <\/span>8<\/span><\/div><\/div>
Course: <\/span>Dessert<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ingredients
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  • 1<\/span> pound<\/span> unsalted butter (4 sticks)<\/span><\/li>
  • 4 <\/span> teaspoons<\/span> vanilla<\/span><\/li>
  • 4<\/span> cups<\/span> plain flour<\/span><\/li>
  • 4<\/span> cups<\/span> sugar plus 2 tablespoons<\/span><\/li>
  • 1\/2<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> salt<\/span><\/li>
  • 1\/2 <\/span> cup<\/span> sliced almonds<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n
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    1. Grease and flour two 10" spring form or tart pans<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/path> <\/line> <\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span>
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    2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees<\/span><\/div><\/li>
    3. Mix butter, eggs, almond extract and vanilla extract<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/path> <\/line> <\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span>
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    4. Add flour and sugar to moist ingredients stir together<\/span><\/div><\/li>
    5. Pour into prepared pans and smooth<\/span><\/div><\/li>
    6. Sprinkle with sugar ( 1 tablespoon per tart) and sliced almonds (1\/4 cup per tart)<\/span><\/div><\/li>
    7. Bake 35 minutes…it will not look done but it will set up after cooking.<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/path> <\/line> <\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span>
      Tip: Cover with foil last 7 to 10 minutes to prevent browning too much.<\/span><\/div><\/span>
    8. Cool 10 minutes in pan before releasing<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div>\n \n
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      <\/div>\nServe with whipped cream and berries.<\/span>
      <\/div>\nFreezes well which is great since the recipe makes two.\u00a0 \u00a0One to enjoy and one to share.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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        Hi Friends,  It has been a long time since I posted on Tidbits of Joy.  I took a new job as office manager for Pinnacle Endodontics, Dr. Cameron Howard last year.  Now that it is up and running I can scale back on the days I work.  So, I am hoping to get back to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[39,63,8],"tags":[94,130,54,56,128,129],"class_list":["post-9214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tidbits-of-joy-ministry","category-hospitality","category-recipes","tag-almonds","tag-berries","tag-dessert","tag-gifts-from-kitchen","tag-torte","tag-whipped-cream"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42obF-2oC","jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_3854.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9214"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9983,"href":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9214\/revisions\/9983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tidbitsofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}