Hazelnut cake - sweet version


hazelnut cake with wild rose jelly

I can make this very versatile cake in 15 minutes, light and soft, can use in both sweet and savory dishes. The addition of a nut paste is a way to add oil into the cake to make it soft.

3 egg yolks
20gm brown sugar
45gm water or liqueur
60gm hazelnut paste (or peanut butter etc)
60gm flour
3egg whites
pinch of salt

1. Whisk yolk with sugar until sugar dissolves, stir in liquid then hazelnut paste. 
2. Mix in flour to get a thick flowing paste, not a dough.
3. Whisk egg whites, after a while add pinch of salt and whisk until soft peak. 
hazelnut cake before baking

4. Stir a bit of egg white foam into flour mixture and mix well. Fold gently remaining egg white into the mixture, pour into cake rings to less than half height. Bake at 160˚C until the surface is firm and dry, around 20 minutes.
5. When cool, serve your favorite jam/jelly/baked fruit on top or in the middle. 
hazelnut cake after baking

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