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walnuts eggs salt caster sugar breadcrumbs flour baking powder rum Mascarpone cheese cream cheese coffee vanilla
Viewed: 37 - Published at: 3 years agoIngredients
- 100 g walnuts, finely chopped
- 3 None eggs, separated
- 1 pinch salt
- 210 g caster sugar
- 50 g breadcrumbs
- 3 tbsp plain flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 100 ml rum
- 250 g mascarpone cheese
- 300 g cream cheese
- 50 ml strong coffee
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour an 8 inch square cake pan.
- Whisk together egg yolks, 1/3 cup sugar and a pinch of salt. Mix together breadcrumbs, flour, baking powder and nuts then mix in egg yolk mixture and rum. Whip egg whites to stiff peaks, gradually adding 1/3 cup sugar. Fold into nut mixture. Transfer to prepared pan and bake for 20-25 mins. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 mins then remove from pan and let cool completely.
- Cut cake in 1/2 horizontally. Mix mascarpone, cream cheese, coffee, vanilla extract and remaining sugar. Spread over bottom cake layer then top with remaining cake layer. Chill for 2 hours then cut into squares and serve.
