Passover Nut Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 10 eggs, separated
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons matzo cake meal
- 1 tablespoon plum brandy (slivovitz)
- 1⁄2 lb walnuts, finely ground (scant 1.5 cups)
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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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AniSarit
Ladera Ranch, California