Chocolate Walnut Cake
- 8 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar divided
- 1/2 cup brown sugar dark, packed
- 1 1/2 cups walnuts toasted and ground (about 2 cups walnut halves)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoons flour, all-purpose
- 13 cup cocoa powder sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon ground
- 3/4 cup orange marmalade or other jam, such as apricot or raspberry
- 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
- Preheat oven to 375F (190C).
- Lightly greese and flour a 9-inch springform pan, tapping out any excess flour.
- Crack 2 eggs into a large bowl.
- Separate 2 more eggs, placing the whites in a second large bowl and adding the yolks to the bowl with the whole eggs.
- Separate the remaining 4 eggs, adding the whites to the other whites (reserve the 4 yolks for another use.)
- Now you should have 6 whites in one bowl, 2 whole eggs plus 2 yolks in the other bowl.
- Beat the egg whites with an electric mixer at high speed until foamy.
- Beat in 13 cup sugar until soft peaks form.
- Set aside.
- Clean and dry the beaters.
- Add brown sugar and the remaining 23 cup sugar to the eggs and yolks and beat with the mixer at medium speed until thick and light in color, 2 to 4 minutes.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, add the toasted ground nuts and vanilla, keep beating until combined.
- Beat in flour, cocoa powder, salt and cinnamon just until combined, scraping down the sides as needed.
- Fold in 1 cup of the beaten whites with a rubber spatula until smooth, then fold in the remaining whites with very gentle arcs, just until incorporated (some white streaks may still be visible).
- Gently pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Place the pan in the oven and reduce heat to 325F (160C).
- Bake the cake until set, puffed and spongy but nonetheless firm, 40 to 45 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 2 hours.
- As it cools, the cake will shrink away from the sides of the pan.
- Remove the pan's side.
- Release the cake from the pan's bottom using a long, thin, metal spatula and carefully transfer it to a serving plate.
- Slice the cake horizontally into two layers with a long, thin knife.
- Gently lift off the top.
- Spread the marmalade (or other jam) over the bottom layer and replace the top.
- Do not press down.
- Sprinkle with powered sugar just before serving.
eggs, sugar, brown sugar, walnuts, vanilla, flour, cocoa, salt, cinnamon ground, orange marmalade, powdered sugar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/chocolate-walnut-cake-50989 (may not work)