Walnut Cake with Coffee Cream

Name: Walnut Cake with Coffee Cream
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons butter; 2 teaspoons flour, all-purpose; 100 each walnuts; 4 ounces sugar, superfine; 4 each egg whites; 3 each egg yolks; 3 tablespoons powdered sugar; 4 ounces coffee strong; 2 3/4 ounces dark chocolate; 2 ounces madeira wine or port; 10 ounces cream; 1 x walnuts; 1 x crystallized flowers lilac, violets, mimosa

13 ingredients

17 steps

Ingredients

2 teaspoons butter
2 teaspoons flour, all-purpose
100 each walnuts
4 ounces sugar, superfine
4 each egg whites
3 each egg yolks
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
4 ounces coffee strong
2 3/4 ounces dark chocolate
2 ounces madeira wine or port
10 ounces cream
1 x walnuts
1 x crystallized flowers lilac, violets, mimosa

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 325F (160C).
2

Grease and flour a round cake tin.
3

Chop half the walnuts and grind the remainder.
4

Mix with the sugar.
5

Whisk the egg whites until they form stiff peaks and fold into the nut and sugar mixture.
6

Turn into the prepared tin and bake for 15 to 20 minutes turn the cake on to a rack and allow to cool.
7

Make the coffee cream.
8

Whisk the egg yolks and sugar in a heatproof bowl until light and creamy.
9

Add the coffee and place the bowl over a pan of hot water.
10

Beat the mixture until it has thickened.
11

Beat in the chocolate.
12

Stir in the Madeira or port.
13

Allow to cool, stirring occasionally.
14

Whip the cream and mix it into the cold coffee mixture.
15

Spread the cream over the cake.
16

Put the cake in the freezer for 2 hours.
17

Take the cake out of the freezer shortly before serving and garnish with walnuts and crystallized flowers.