Caroline’s great grandfather
turned 80 and we were all asked to bring a cake for the party. I planned
something spectacular, but as the case often is in this house, things didn’t go
according to plan, so I had to down scale and improvise.
My father and my husband
kindly volunteered the comment that the look was boring and that they had
expected something more creative. I will suggest that they are spoiled when it
comes to cakes!
The cake was a
chocolate/nut cake:
4 egg yokes whipped light
with 75g brown sugar. Add 150 g chopped chocolate, 50 g chopped
hazelnut, 50 g chopped pistachio nuts, orange zest from 1 orange and 25 g
flour. Gently add 4 egg whites beaten stiff with 75 g brown sugar. Bake in a well-greased
baking tray with baking paper at the bottom for approx. 1 hour at 170 degrees.
A there were quite a big number of guests, I have 2 1/2 time the above-mentioned amounts.
Once
out of the oven pour ginger syrup over the cake: orange juice, sugar and
ginger.
Once
completely cooled covered in nougat and marzipan.
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