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Chocolate Walnut Cake

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Recipe

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Yield

12 servings

Prep

20 min

Cook

45 min

Ready

4 hrs
Trans-fat Free

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
8 large eggs
at room temperature
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1 cup sugar
divided
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½ cup brown sugar
dark, packed
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1 ½ cups walnuts
toasted and ground (about 2 cups walnut halves)
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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cup cocoa powder
sifted
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½ teaspoon salt
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¼ teaspoon cinnamon
ground
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¾ cup orange marmalade
or other jam, such as apricot or raspberry
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1 teaspoon powdered sugar
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
8 large eggs
at room temperature
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237 ml sugar
divided
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118 ml brown sugar
dark, packed
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355 ml walnuts
toasted and ground (about 2 cups walnut halves)
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1E+1 ml vanilla extract
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9E+1 ml all-purpose flour
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79 ml cocoa powder
sifted
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2.5 ml salt
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1.3 ml cinnamon
ground
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177 ml orange marmalade
or other jam, such as apricot or raspberry
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5 ml powdered sugar
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Directions

Preheat oven to 375℉ (190℃).

Lightly greese and flour a 9-inch springform pan, tapping out any excess flour.

Crack 2 eggs into a large bowl.

Separate 2 more eggs, placing the whites in a second large bowl and adding the yolks to the bowl with the whole eggs.

Separate the remaining 4 eggs, adding the whites to the other whites (reserve the 4 yolks for another use.)

Now you should have 6 whites in one bowl, 2 whole eggs plus 2 yolks in the other bowl.

Beat the egg whites with an electric mixer at high speed until foamy.

Beat in ⅓ cup sugar until soft peaks form. Set aside.

Clean and dry the beaters.

Add brown sugar and the remaining ⅔ cup sugar to the eggs and yolks and beat with the mixer at medium speed until thick and light in color, 2 to 4 minutes.

Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, add the toasted ground nuts and vanilla, keep beating until combined.

Beat in flour, cocoa powder, salt and cinnamon just until combined, scraping down the sides as needed.

Fold in 1 cup of the beaten whites with a rubber spatula until smooth, then fold in the remaining whites with very gentle arcs, just until incorporated (some white streaks may still be visible).

Gently pour the batter into the prepared pan.

Place the pan in the oven and reduce heat to 325℉ (160℃).

Bake the cake until set, puffed and spongy but nonetheless firm, 40 to 45 minutes.

Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 2 hours.

As it cools, the cake will shrink away from the sides of the pan.

Remove the pan's side.

Release the cake from the pan's bottom using a long, thin, metal spatula and carefully transfer it to a serving plate.

Slice the cake horizontally into two layers with a long, thin knife.

Gently lift off the top.

Spread the marmalade (or other jam) over the bottom layer and replace the top.

Do not press down.

Sprinkle with powered sugar just before serving.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 93g (3.3 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 28041% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 13g 20%
Saturated Fat 2g 9%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 141mg 47%
Sodium 157mg 7%
Total Carbohydrate 12g 12%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars g
Protein 18g
Vitamin A 4% Vitamin C 2%
Calcium 4% Iron 9%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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