Chocolate Almond Torte

I’m a sucker for anything chocolate, especially if its dark chocolate, so trying out the Chocolate Almond Torte in the December 2009 edition of the Food Network magazine was a priority on my to-do list.

I did make a couple of changes to the recipe as I was missing a couple of ingredients, but our dinner guests still gave it seals of approval. They both took seconds! :)

I didn’t have any dark rum, so I used raspberry flavored Rum in it’s place. Also, I didn’t have any bittersweet chocolate so I used half unsweetened (4 oz.) and half semi-sweet (4 oz.) chocolate instead. I served the torte warm with vanilla ice cream on the side. Scrumptious!