Sybil's Pecan Torte With Coffee Cream - Georgia Pecans

Ingredients

• 2-1/4 cups Georgia Pecan halves
• 3/4 cup superfine sugar
• 2 tbs coffee extract (or instant espresso powder)
• 7 large eggs, separated, at room temperature: 1/2 cup yolks and 3/4 cup plus 2 tbs whites
• 3/4 plus 1/8 ts cream of tartar, if not for Passover (optional)
• Coffee Cream 1 cup heavy cream 2 tbs superfine sugar 1 ts coffee extract (or instant espresso powder) 4 ts water 1/4 ts powdered gelatin (see note below) 1/2 ts pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tbs superfine sugar
• 1 ts coffee extract (or instant espresso powder)
• 4 ts water
• 1/4 ts powdered gelatin (see note below)
• 1/2 ts pure vanilla extract