Monday, March 4, 2013

OTHER CAKES: You will be pleased with this simple but delicious cake that is good to serve at tea parties.



HAZELNUT CAKE:

 

 

 

9 eggs, separated                                             

¾ lbs hazelnuts

1/3 cup cake& pastry flour                             

¼ tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla                                                   

1 tbsp. rum

¼ cup butter, melted                                       

½ cup sugar, divided   

icing sugar                                          

 

 

 

 

Toast hazelnuts in 275 degrees F oven for 20 to 30 minutes. Rub nuts with a clean tea-towel to remove skin. Process in food processor with steel blade attached until finely chopped.

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch spring-form pan and line it with wax paper.

 

Beat egg whites until foamy, add ¼ cup sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, and continue beating until stiff. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks with ¼ cup sugar until light and thick. Fold yolks into egg whites. Sift flour with salt and fold into beaten egg whites together with hazelnuts. Fold in melted butter and rum. Pour batter into prepared pan.

 

Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until tested done. Cool on rack for 15 minutes. Turn cake out from pan and remove wax paper. Cool completely. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

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