Hungarian Flourless Hazelnut Cake Recipe
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"This cake was traditionally a birthday cake in my friends home. Her mother is from Hungary and only has this recipe in her head! Now it will be preserved . . . Note: hazelnuts may be toasted or un-toasted. The skins may be removed or left on."
Original recipe yield: 1 - 3 layer cake.
- Prep Time:
- 30 Minutes
- Cook Time:
- 1 Hour
- Ready In:
- 1 Hour 30 Minutes
- Servings:
- 12
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Hungarian Flourless Hazelnut Cake INGREDIENTS:
- 12 ounces hazelnuts
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 6 egg yolks
- 5/8 cup white sugar
- 6 egg whites
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- 1/8 cup chopped hazelnuts, for garnish
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Hungarian Flourless Hazelnut Cake DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch springform pan. Grind hazelnuts until very fine. Add baking powder and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whip the egg yolks with the sugar until pale yellow in color. Beat in the ground hazelnut mixture.
- In a separate CLEAN bowl, with a CLEAN whisk, whip the egg whites until stiff. Quickly fold 1/3 of the egg whites into the yolk mixture, then add the remaining whites and fold in until no streaks remain.
- Pour into a 9 inch springform. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 75 minutes, or until top of cake springs back when lightly tapped. Cool on wire rack.
- When cake is cool, slice horizontally into 3 layers. Whip the cream until stiff, and spread generously between layers, on top and on the sides of the cake. Sprinkle chopped hazelnuts on top for decoration.
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