Recipe: Macadamia Fudge Torte
Here’s another recipe for all of the chocolate lovers out there. I made it last week for my husbands birthday, and it was a hit! This recipe was a $1 million winning finalist in the 37th Pillsbury Bake-Off, held Feb. 26, 1996, in Dallas, and over 12 years later still has award winning taste. Make sure you share, because you’ll be tempted to eat it all yourself.
Kurt Wait’s Winning Pillsbury Bake-Off Recipe
| • 1/3 cup low-fat sweetened condensed milk • ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips • 1 package Pillsbury Moist Supreme Devil’s Food Cake Mix • 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon • 1/3 cup oil • 1 (16-ounce) can sliced pears in light syrup, drained |
• 2 eggs • 1/3 cup chopped macadamia nuts or pecans • 2 teaspoons water • 1 (17-ounce) jar butterscotch caramel fudge ice cream topping • 1/3 cup milk |
Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray a 9- or 10-inch springform pan with nonstick cooking spray. In a small saucepan, combine sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted.
In a large bowl, combine cake mix, cinnamon and oil; blend at low speed for 20 to 30 seconds or until crumbly. (Mixture will be dry.) Place pears in blender container or food processor bowl with metal blade; cover and blend until smooth.
In a large bowl, combine 2½ cups of the cake mix mixture, pureed pears and eggs; beat at low speed until moistened. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Spread batter evenly in spray-coated pan. Drop chocolate mixture by spoonfuls over batter. Stir nuts and water into remaining cake mix mixture. Sprinkle over filling.
Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly in the center. Cool 10 minutes. Remove sides of pan. Cool 1½ hours or until completely cooled.
In a small saucepan, combine ice cream topping and milk. Cook over medium-low heat for 3 to 4 minutes or until well-blended, stirring occasionally. To serve, spoon 2 tablespoons of warm sauce onto each plate; top with wedge of torte. If desired, serve with vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt and garnish with chocolate curls. Makes 12 servings.
Enjoy!
Barb
Posted in Cooking in your kitchen on April 11th, 2008 by Barb | |
on April 11th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Barb,
Suprised to hear your husband Chris liked it being the health nut he is, or should I say was? Sounds good. It’ll have to try it when the in-laws come to town! Thanks for the blogs.
YZ
on April 11th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Hi YZ:
Good to hear from you. Yeah-he still likes to work out, but does enjoy his sweets! Me too!
Thanks!
Barb