Chocolate Torte With Walnuts

Ingredients:

1/3 cup butter
2/3 cup fine granulated sugar
5 medium eggs, separated
1 whole egg
3 oz. semi-sweet chocolate
1 cup (or more) of grated walnuts or hazel nuts

Instructions:

Cream butter with sugar. Add egg yolks and whole egg mixing well. Melt chocolate, cool slightly and add to the above mixture. Add the grated nuts. Mix. Beat whites and fold them into the mixture.

Butter well a 10" Spring form pan, and sprinkle with dry breadcrumbs.
Put batter into pan and bake in preheated 350 F. oven for app. 50
minutes. Use the knitting needle test for doneness. Cool and glaze.

Glaze:
3/4 cup apricot jam
4 oz sweet dark chocolate
1/2 cup sugar
4 Tblsp water
1 tsp vanilla

Instructions:
Cover top and sides of Torte with apricot jam. Melt the rest of the
ingredients over a low flame mixing constantly. Remove from heat and poor over Torte.