RYE BREAD TORTE

Beat the yolks of four eggs very light with one cup of sugar; add one cup of sifted dry rye bread crumbs to which one teaspoon of baking-powder and a pinch of salt have been added.  Moisten one-half cup of ground almonds with two tablespoons of sherry, add and lastly fold in the beaten whites of eggs.  Bake in ungreased form in moderate oven.

ZWIEBACK TORTE

Beat the yolks of six eggs with one and one-eighth cups of sugar, add one-half box of zwieback, which has been rolled very fine, add one teaspoon of baking-powder, season with one tablespoon of rum or sherry wine and one-half teaspoon of bitter almond extract.  Lastly fold in the stiffly-beaten whites of the six eggs and bake in ungreased form in moderate oven three-quarters of an hour.

CHOCOLATE BROD TORTE

Separate the yolks and whites of ten eggs.  Beat the yolks with two cups of pulverized sugar.  When thick add one and three-fourth cups of sifted dry rye bread crumbs, one-half pound of sweet almonds, also some bitter ones, grated or powdered as fine as possible, one-fourth pound of citron shredded fine, one cake of chocolate grated, the grated peel of one lemon, the juice of one orange and one lemon, one tablespoon of cinnamon, one teaspoon of allspice, one-half teaspoon of cloves, and a wine glass of brandy.  Bake very slowly in ungreased form.  Frost with a chocolate icing, made as follows:  Melt a small piece of chocolate.  Beat the white of an egg stiff with scant cup of sugar, and stir into the melted chocolate and spread with a knife.

BURNT ALMOND TORTE

Beat up four eggs with one cup of sifted powdered sugar.  Beat until it looks like a heavy batter.  When you think you cannot possibly beat any longer stir one cup of sifted flour with one-half teaspoon of baking-powder.  Stir it into batter gradually and lightly, adding three tablespoons of water.  Bake in jelly tins.  Filling:  Scald one-fourth pound of almonds (by pouring boiling water over them), remove skins, put them on a pie plate and set them in the oven to brown slightly.  Meanwhile, melt three tablespoons of white sugar, without adding water, stirring it all the while.  Stir up the almonds in this, then remove them from the fire and lay on a platter separately to cool.  Make an icing of the whites of three eggs beaten very stiff, with one pound of pulverized sugar, and flavor with rose-water.  Spread this upon layers and cover each layer with almonds.  When finished frost the whole cake, decorating with almonds.

CHOCOLATE TORTE

Take nine eggs, one-half pound of pulverized sugar, one-half pound of almonds, half cut and grated; one-half pound of finest vanilla chocolate grated, one-half pound of raisins, cut and seeded; seven soda crackers, rolled to a powder; one teaspoon of baking-powder, juice of three lemons and one-fourth glass of wine.  Beat whites of eggs to a stiff froth and stir in last.  Beat yolks with sugar until very light; then add chocolate, and proceed as with other torten.