My hubby doesn't really like turkey and doesn't like to eat leftovers, so we go surf and turf for our Christmas dinner. This year was filet mignon(that is pretty much the constant) and crab cakes(the surf changes each year) with garlic mashed potatoes(for my meat and potatoes guy). For dessert I'm limited due to hubby's picky palate. Chocolate is always allowed but I didn't really want to make a cake....we have so many frosted cookies that I didn't want frosted anything. I chose a Velvet Chocolate Torte. I changed this recipe a lot, from no crust to freezing it instead of refrigerating it...and I changed the orange-caramel sauce(since I made one for the cheesecake) to a chocolate sauce. In retrospect, I would have make the crust, it would have been easier to plate. Velvet Chocolate Torte 3/4 cup pecans 3/4 cup walnuts 1/4 cup light brown sugar 6 TBSP unsalted butter, melted 12 ounces semisweet chocolate 4 large egg whites 3/4 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 1/2 … [Read more...]