Passover Flourless Chocolate Torte Makes 10 servings: 8 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semi-sweet chocolate, chopped (I used chips) 1 C. (2 sticks) unsalted kosher for Passover pareve (non-dairy) margarine --BUTTER IS FINE 8 large egg yolks 1 C. plus 1/3 C. sugar 5 large egg whites paper doily fresh raspberries (optional) raspberry sauce (see recipe) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line bottom of 9 inch springform pan w/ 2 3/4 inch high sides with parchment or wax paper. Stir chocolate and margarine in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Cool until lukewarm. Using electric mixer, beat yolks and 3/4 cup sugar in large bowl until pale and very thick, about 4 minutes. Add chocolate mixture in 2 additions and beat until well blended. Using clean dry beaters, beat egg whites in another large bowl until foamy. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar and beat until whites are stiff but not dry. Fold 1/3 of whites into chocolate mixture. Fold in remaining whites in 2 additions. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake torte until crust forms on top and tester inserted into center comes out with some moist batter and some moist crumbs still attached, about 55 minutes (top may crack). Run small sharp knife around torte to loosen. Cool in pan on rack (torte will fall and crack). Remove pan sides. Invert torte onto platter. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead and covered with cake dome and stored at room temperature.) Grind 1/3 cup sugar in blender until fine powder forms. Place doily atop torte. Sift ground sugar over doily; gently remove doily. Garnish torte with raspberries, if desired. Serve with raspberry sauce. ( I sprinkled powdered sugar over top instead of grinding my own.) Raspberry Sauce: 2 12oz. packages frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed with juices 1 C. sugar Puree raspberries with juices and sugar in processor until smooth. Transfer mixture to strainer set over bowl; press on solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard solids in strainer. (can be made 2 days ahead and refrigerated)

I made the 3-2-1 cake using angelfood, chocolate fudge and black cherry jello, topped with Cool whip. . Sort of a Black Forest cake. Made them in custard cups. Hubby liked his just fine, mine was just a little dry. But if I had put just a little more Cool whip it would have been perfect.

I am going to attack some closets today and prepare boxes of stuff to donate to our Garden Club yard sale. I have a sore throat and can barely talk thanks to the jerk across the street who was once again burning some kind of toxic junk yesterday when I had all my windows and doors open enjoying the Spring breeze. It sent me rushing for my inhaler and scorched my throat that is how horrible the smoke was. Please Lord keep me from strangling that idiot! I and several neighbors have called pollution control and they said next time they will be knocking on his door with a little gift for him. My next door neighbor has a son that is severely handicapped and is on a ventilator and one of the other neighbors recently had a double lung transplant there are elderly folks here on oxygen and this idiot wants to continuously burn junk. He refuses to pay for trash pick up so I guess he saves it all in the back yard and on nice pretty days he kills all of us by burning it. I called the fire dept last time the fire was so huge I could see the flames over the top of his house I thought the house was on fire.

Just less than two weeks ago, I made the flourless chocolate cake from kingarthurflour.com. It freezes exceptionally well. It is the recipe many of the reviewers use for Passover and there is no flour for those who are no gluten. It always gets raves and is like a rich brownie. And it's easy to do and easy clean up. It uses no exotic ingredients. IIRC, eggs, butter, chocolate chips, cocoa, sugar and vanilla. The reviewers love it and I think of it as one of my ten favorite recipes. The recipe calls for an 8inch pie pan but I use a 9 inch with no problem. Very forgiving. Enjoy. Yes it is tried and true. Made it several times.