Walnut-date cake (without flour) with chocolate icing – detailed cooking recipe. Share with friends: 
Photo of the dish: Johnny Valiant Time: 50 min. Difficulty: Easy Servings: 6 – 8 The recipes use volumetric containers with a volume of: 1 glass (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (Art.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml
Ingredients for the recipe:
For cake:
- 3 tbsp. walnut kernels
- 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tbsp. Sahara
- 4 large eggs, split
- 2 tsp finely grated orange peel
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- A pinch of coarse salt
- 3/4 Art. chopped pitted dates
For glaze:
- 60 gr dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 4 tbsp. l (60 gr.) Butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 tsp honey
- Chopped fried walnuts, topping
Recipes with similar ingredients: walnuts, cinnamon, eggs, nuts, Orange zest, vanilla extract, dates, chocolate, honey
Recipe preparation:
- Cook the cake: preheat the oven to 180 ° C. Grease vegetable oil round 23 cm. baking dish with removable upside down. Place parchment paper on the bottom and walls of the mold. To place in a food processor, walnuts, cinnamon and 1/4 tbsp. sugar, finely grind. Mix egg yolks, orange in a separate bowl zest, and vanilla extract.
- Beat egg whites with a mixer at high speed with salt, until foam. Continuing to whisk, add the remaining 1/4 Art. sugar, 1 tbsp. l at once. Beat egg whites until thick and lush mass formation, approximately 8 min. To intervene yolk mixture and dates, then add ground nut mixture. Transfer the dough into the prepared form and put in the oven. Bake the cake for 23-25 minutes, until golden brown. You can check the readiness by inserting a toothpick in the center of the cake, the toothpick should remain clean and dry. Cool then take out cake out of shape.
- Cook chocolate icing: melt in microwave chocolate, butter and honey, mix until homogeneous state. Cool slightly, then glaze cake Sprinkle the cake with fried walnuts.
