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Wonderful Ginger Tortes

• 3 cups finely chopped almonds
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 10 eggs, separated
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
• grated zest of 1 large orange
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped candied ginger
• powdered sugar for garnish

Preheat oven to 350ƒF. Oil or spray a 10 inch tube pan. Combine nuts with 1/2 cup of the sugar, flour, ground ginger and salt. Beat egg yolks and 1/2 cup of the remaining sugar until thick and pale, about eight minutes. Stir in the orange juice, zest and candied ginger. Fold nut mixture into yolk mixture with a spatula. In a large bowl beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in remaining 1/2 cup of sugar. Fold whites into yolk batter and pour into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let cool in pan, then invert onto serving plate. Dust with powdered sugar.
serves 12

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Ingredients

• 1 dozen eggs
• 1 lb. sugar superfine
• 1/2 qt. brandy
• 1/2 qt. rum Meyers dark
• 1/2 qt. vodka or flavored brandy
• 1 qt. cream light
• 1/2 gal. ice cream vanilla
• 3 qt. whipped cream
• nutmeg
• cinnamon ground

Preparation
Crack and whip eggs and superfine bar sugar together until sugar is dissolved. Add booze. Mix well.
Add light cream. Break up ice-cream small and add 1/2 ice-cream and 1/2 whipped cream and stir in well. Float remaining ice-cream and whipped cream on top. Grate fresh nutmeg and cinnamon over top lightly. Serve with butter cookies.
Whipped Cream
Chill bowl and beater. Whip 1 qt heavy cream till tracks show. Add 4 oz sifted 10x sugar. Add 1/2 oz Virginia DareVanilla. Continue beating, add Gran Marnier slowly while beating if you are adding it. Whip to medium soft peaks. Makes the 3 qt's required.
Chocolate Version
Use Double dark chocolate ice-cream. Add 6-8 oz (about a cup) of Gran Marnier to the whipped cream with the vanilla slowly. Or add a pint of Gran Marnier or Sabra Orange Chocolate liqueur instead of the vodka. Garnish with chocolate curls or grated dark chocolate.