Hungarian Walnut Torte
Total Time: 55 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 12
- 6 eggs, seperated
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 5 tablespoons water
- 1/2 cup ground walnuts
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package cook-and-serve chocolate pudding mix
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Recipe
- 1 in large mixing bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar for 10 minutes or until light lemon-colored. beat in vanilla. combine cake flour and baking powder; add to egg mixture alternately with water, beating well. fold in walnuts.
- 2 in another mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into batter. pour into two greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans. bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until toothpicks come out clean. cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- 3 in small saucepan, whisk the milk and pudding mix. bring to a boil, stirring constantly. remove from the heat. pour into a bowl; press a piece of waxed paper or plastic wrap over pudding. refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- 4 in mixing bowl, cream the butter, shortening and confectioners sugar until light and fluffy. beat in vanilla and cooled pudding. split each cake into two layers. place one bottom layer on a serving plate; spread with about 3/4 cup filling. repeat layers. garnish with chocolate curls, if desired.
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