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Ingredients
- 12 separated eggs
- 400g sugar
- 1 grated zest of lemon
- 225g cake meal or fine matzah meal
- 450g walnuts. roughly chopped
- TOPPING
- to dust icing sugar
- 20 walnut halves
Method
- 1. Line two 24 cm / 10 inch loose based cake tins with non stick baking parchment paper.
- 2. Pre-heat the oven to 160 C/ 325F/ Gas mark 3.
- 3. Beat the egg yolks and sugar until it forms a thick yellow mixture. Add the lemon zest and juice.
- 4. Stir in the cake meal and mix well.
- 5. Using a metal spoon, fold in the walnuts.
- 6. In a clean bowl, whisk the egg whites until they resemble soft peaks. Add one tablespoon of egg whites followed by the rest into the walnut mixture.
- 7. Transfer the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
- 8. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until it is set and golden.
- To serve the stylish way: Dust with icing sugar and some walnut halves.
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3 Comments
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Debbie Bonazen Mon Sep 3 2012 • Reply
really lovely cake,thanks for sharing this recipe.i havent baked a cake since i was a kid and im now 37 and thought i would have a go and treat my family to a yummy cake,they all love it!!
Ingredients
- CAKE
- 175g Butter
- 175g Golden caster sugar
- 3 Large eggs
- 175g Self raising flour
- 1tsp Baking powder
- 2tsp Coffee granules
- 65g Chopped walnuts
- BUTTER CREAM
- 200g Butter
- 400g Icing sugar
- 2tsp Coffee Granules
- 65g Chopped walnuts
Method
- Cake:
- Beat the butter and caster sugar until pale and fluff. Beat the eggs with a fork then add them a little at a time to the sugar and butter, beating well.
- Mix the flour and baking powder and gently mix into the butter mix. Dissolve the coffee in a tbsp of boiling water and add to the mix. Fold in the walnuts gently.
- Divide the mix between two butter and baking parchment lined 20cm tins. Bake for 25 mins.
- Butter cream:
- Beat the butter till soft and pale then add the icing sugar and beat again. Mix the coffee with one tbsp of boiling water and add to the butter mix with the chopped walnuts.
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Tips
The mix is quite runny and you will be able to pour it into the cake tin this how it should be so don't worry.
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- 225g Pitted Dates
- 300ml Hot Water
- 100g Muscavado Brown Sugar
- 50g Walnut Halves
- 1 pinch Salt
- 275g S.R Flour
- 1 Large Egg
- 1 tspn Bicarb' of Soda
- 100g Margerine
Method
- Pour the Hot Water over the Sugar, Dates and Salt in a bowl and set aside.
- In a seperate bowl mix the Flour Bicab of Soda and the Marg to a thick breadcrumb texture with your fingers add to the Date/Water bowl stir in the Egg and Nuts. Mix well and pour into a 160mm cake tin OR 1kg loaf tin.
- Bake at 170 c for about 75 Mins
- It's important in the final stage of baking to Deep prod with a skewer it should come out clean. Remove and leave to cool.
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