Cake with walnuts and oranges
10 servings
50 minutes
The walnut and orange cake is an exquisite dessert that combines a rich nutty flavor with a refreshing citrus note. Walnuts add depth and pleasant texture to the batter, while fragrant orange slices provide lightness and contrast. In Chinese cuisine, nuts often symbolize abundance and longevity, while oranges represent luck and happiness. This cake is perfect for festive tea gatherings or cozy family evenings. Its soaking and cream make the layers moist and tender, while the nut-milk mixture adds a special silkiness. The composition is completed by a creamy frosting enriched with ground nuts that harmoniously complements the sweetness of the batter. This dessert is a true delight for lovers of layered, rich flavor nuances.
1
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees.
2
Beat 8 yolks with 2 cups of sugar and mix with sifted breadcrumbs and 1 cup of ground nuts. Whip 8 egg whites and gently fold into the sugar mixture.
- Chicken egg: 11 pieces
- Sugar: 3.5 glasss
- Vanilla rusks: 1.5 glass
- Walnuts: 400 g
3
Grease a round baking pan with butter and dust with flour. Place the dough in the pan and bake until done.
- Butter: 200 g
4
To prepare the soaking mixture, combine 1 cup of nuts, 1/2 cup of sugar, and 1/2 cup of milk, and boil, stirring, until the nuts are completely soft. Cool the resulting mixture.
- Walnuts: 400 g
- Sugar: 3.5 glasss
- Milk: 3 glasss
5
To prepare the cream, beat 3 eggs with 1 cup of sugar, add a mixture of 1 teaspoon of potato and 1 teaspoon of wheat flour, and the remaining ground nuts. Mix well, gradually pour in 1.5 cups of hot milk, place on low heat, and stir until thickened. Slightly cool the resulting mass and whip it with softened butter.
- Chicken egg: 11 pieces
- Sugar: 3.5 glasss
- Wheat flour: 1 teaspoon
- Potato flour: 1 teaspoon
- Walnuts: 400 g
- Milk: 3 glasss
- Butter: 200 g
6
Cut the baked cake into 3. Soak each layer with nut syrup and assemble the cake.
7
Cover the surface of the finished cake with cream, sprinkle with nuts, and decorate with orange slices.
- Walnuts: 400 g
- Oranges: 3 pieces
