Nut Cake
Description
The recipe won't take much time. This cake can be prepared quite easily and quickly. The main thing is to have all the necessary ingredients on hand. If desired, you can soak the cake with liquor or cover it with topping after it cools down. To find out, Serve with tea or coffee.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1
Wash and dry the walnuts. If you don't want them to be bitter, toast them and remove the skins. Grind the walnuts in a blender or process them through a meat grinder.
- 2
Step 2
Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. Rub the yolks with sugar. Sift the flour together with the baking powder and mix these dry ingredients into the egg yolks.
- 3
Step 3
Chill the egg whites well and beat them into a stiff foam. To make this easier, add a pinch of salt or a little lemon juice to the egg whites.
- 4
Step 4
Gently fold the egg whites into the batter. Then add the crushed nuts to the bowl, along with a bit of finely grated lemon zest, cocoa powder, and mix everything again.
- 5
Step 5
Take a baking dish, line it with parchment paper or grease it with vegetable oil. Place the dough in the dish and put it in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for thirty minutes. To prevent the nuts from burning, cover the dish with foil during the last fifteen minutes of baking.