Hazelnut Cake Nussshaumtorte Recipes

GERMAN HAZELNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix together the sugar, eggs and flavouring and set aside.
• In another bowl, cream the butter and gradually add it to the sugar mixture.
• Mix the flour, baking powder and ground nuts together.
• Add it to the sugar and butter mixture a spoonful at a time.
• Fold in the chocolate.
• Grease a 26 cm (10 1/2 ") ring baking tin and fill with the batter.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 65 minutes.
• Test cake for doneness by piercing the middle with a wodden toothpick; if it's clean it's done.
• Remove from oven and allow to stand for 5 to 10 minutes, loosen from sides of tin with knife then turn out onto a cake wire so that it can dry off.
• Dust the cooled cake with icing sugar.

HAZELNUT CAKE (NUSSSHAUMTORTE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat egg yolks and sugar until thick and sticky. Grind the nuts finely (but not too fine) and toast them lightly.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff and mix with the bread crumbs. Fold in the sugar-egg yolk mixture and the nuts.
• Butter and lightly flour a nine-inch spring-form pan. Pour batter into pan and bake for 30 minutes. The cake is done when a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Meanwhile, make the coffee cream. Beat the butter until smooth and add the sugar. Beat until pale. Add the coffee and hazelnuts and mix thoroughly.
• When the cake has cooled, cut it in half lengthwise and spread with the coffee cream.
• Meanwhile, make the glaze. Sieve the powdered sugar into a saucepan and add the egg white and espresso. Warm slightly, stirring constantly, until you have a glaze.
• Glaze the cake. Make the caramelized sugar by dissolving the granulated sugar in the water in a small saucepan over low heat. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until it turns a rich golden brown. With a pair of metal tongs, dip each nut into the syrup and place it on a piece of wax paper. When the syrup hardens, decorate the cake with the nuts so that there is one hazelnut for each serving.