Hungarian Flourless Hazelnut Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 340 g hazelnuts
• 9 g baking powder
• 6 egg yolks
• 125 g sugar
• 6 egg whites
• 475 ml heavy whipping cream
• 15 g chopped hazelnuts, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 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.
• 2 in a large bowl, whip the egg yolks with the sugar until pale yellow in color. beat in the ground hazelnut mixture.
• 3 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.
• 4 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.
• 5 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.