Hungarian Flourless Hazelnut Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 340 g hazelnuts
- 9 g baking powder
- 6 egg yolks
- 125 g white sugar
- 6 egg whites
- 475 ml heavy whipping cream
- 15 g chopped hazelnuts, for garnish
directions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F (165°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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