Holiday Chocolate Torte - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Crust
1 cup pecans, ground
1 1/2 cups flour or 1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, melted
1st Layer
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 cup Cool Whip, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
2nd Layer
2 1/2 cups milk
2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
1/2 tablespoon powdered instant coffee (heaping)
3rd Layer
2 cups Cool Whip (remainder of 8 oz pkg)
sliced almonds or hazelnuts, to garnish
grated chocolate, to garnish

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F and grease a 9x13x2-inch pan.
In small bowl, mix crust ingredients, and press into pan.
Bake until lightly browned (15 minutes).
Cool completely.
Beat ingredients for 1st layer until creamy, and spread over cooled crust.
Combine ingredients for 2nd layer and mix thoroughly.
Spread over cream cheese layer.
Cover with remaining cool whip.
Sprinkle with almonds and chocolate to garnish, and refrigerate until ready to serve.
To serve, cut torte into bars.