Macadamia Nut Cake With Caramel Sauce

From Australia The Beautiful Cookbook by Elise Pascoe.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄3 cups  macadamia nuts
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 6  large eggs (separated)
• 3⁄4 cup  superfine sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  cup dark brown sugar
• 1  cup half-and-half
• 4  teaspoons unsalted butter
• 1 1⁄4 cups  whipping cream (whipped)

Directions

1. CAKE.
2. Preheat oven to 350*.
3. Butter a 10" round cake pan.
4. In food processor combine nuts, flour and baking powder. Pulse to chop nuts finely.
5. In large bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar together.
6. In another bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.
7. Fold whites into yolk mixture.
8. Fold in nut mixture.
9. Stir in vanilla.
10. Spoon into cake pan.
11. Bake 30 minutes until golden.
12. CARAMEL SAUCE.
13. In saucepan over medium heat, add sugar and half and half and stir until sugar dissolves.
14. Simmer gently without stirring until caramelized.
15. Remove from heat, stir in butter.
16. Let cool.
17. Drizzle over cake and top with whipped cream.