Three layer walnut cake
03/07/2014 12:43
Ingredients:
First Bark:
- 5 egg whites
- 150g sugar
- 200g ground walnuts
- 1 tablespoon flour
Second layer:
- 5 egg whites
- 150g sugar
- 200g chopped roasted hazelnuts
- 1 tablespoon flour
Third layer:
- 5 egg whites
- 150g sugar
- 200g ground almonds
- 1 tablespoon flour
Filling:
- 15 egg yolks
- 15 tablespoons of sugar
- 100g chocolate
- 300g butter
Chocolate Frosting:
- 200g chocolate
- 6 tablespoons oil
Preparing mignon cakes:
- Bake in the oven the nuts, remove the thin brown shell and grind.
- The procedure is the same for all three crust: Whisk the egg whites to foam, add the sugar and in the end carefully mix in the walnuts , hazelnuts , almonds and add a tablespoon of flour.
- Deploy in the pan coated with greasy paper and bake at 180-200 C for about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the filling : cook steamed egg yolks and sugar, so when you add chocolate to thicken .
- Mix with egg and butter the cooled filling and fill the crust, first with walnuts, almonds in the middle, and put through the crust with hazelnuts.
- Cover lightly the filling on all sides, and when it is a little cooled pour chocolate glaze.
- For decoration make foamy butter and whisk in the melted chocolate (1:1). Garnish the sides with ground hazelnuts.
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