Passover Nut Cake

"baking with cake meal can create heavy dishes that lack the texture we get when flour is used. however, this recipe never let me down - thanks to the large amount ofeggs, it's extraordinarily light!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
5
Serves:
8
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ingredients

  • 10 eggs, separated
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons matzo cake meal
  • 1 tablespoon plum brandy (slivovitz)
  • 12 lb walnuts, finely ground (scant 1.5 cups)
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directions

  • Preheat the oven to 350degF.
  • Lightly grease a 9 inch springform pan.
  • Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until the mixture is pale yellow and thick. Add the cake meal and slivovitz. Slowly beat in the ground nuts.
  • With an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until stiff but not fry. Gently fold them into the yolk-nut mixture.
  • Turn the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 50minutes to 1 hour, until the cake has risen substantially and is lightly colored on top.
  • Cool the cake on a rack. As it cools, it will deflate.
  • Remove the sides of the pan.
  • It is best served the day it's made.

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