Chocolate cake with nuts

Chocolate cake with walnuts is always in trend.

Ingredients

• Black chocolate (chopped) - 60 g
• Butter (melted) - 90 g
• Eggs - 3 pcs.
• Brown sugar - 100 g
• Walnuts (chopped) - 50 g
• Coffee in granules - 2 tsp.
• Water, boiling water - 1.5 tbsp. l.
• Flour - 50 g
• Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp. l.
• Whole walnuts - for garnish
• For cream:
• Butter (softened) - 125 g
• Powdered sugar - 250 g
• Coffee extract (essence) - 1 tsp
• Whipping cream - 2 tbsp. l.
• Black chocolate (melted) - 90 g
• For chocolate glaze:
• Powdered sugar - 300 g
• Cocoa powder - 50 g
• Butter - 15 g
• Water, boiling water - 2 tbsp. l.

Directions

1. Turn on the oven to preheat to 180 degrees. Grease a round heat-resistant form with a diameter of 23 cm with oil. Line the form with parchment.
2. Melt the chocolate pieces, stirring, in a water bath. Dilute coffee in boiling water. Pour into melted chocolate.
3. Separate egg whites from yolks. In a bowl, beat egg yolks with sugar until creamy. Continuing to beat at low speed, add chopped nuts.
4. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until fluffy and stable. Pour 1/3 of the beaten egg whites into the melted chocolate, mix gently. Add flour, cocoa and butter, alternating these ingredients. Add the remaining proteins, mix gently. Put the dough into the prepared form and place in the preheated oven for 25 minutes (until a clean wooden stick when pierced).
5. Remove the cake from the oven, let cool in the mold for 10 minutes, and then remove the cake from the mold, remove the parchment. Place the cake on a wire rack and let cool completely.
6. Prepare cream. Beat butter with powdered sugar until creamy.
7. Prepare frosting. Mix powdered sugar with cocoa powder, add butter and enough water to make a glossy, not very thick glaze.
8. Collect chocolate cake with nuts. Cut the cooled cake horizontally in half. Put the bottom cake on a serving dish, brush generously with cream. Cover with a second cake, also grease with cream. Drizzle the cake with chocolate icing and decorate with nuts. Place chocolate cake with nuts in the refrigerator for 1-8 hours.