Chocolate cake with walnuts

This chocolate-nut cake is prepared mainly from ground walnuts. The cakes are soaked in orange jam, and the top is poured with chocolate icing.

Ingredients

• Walnuts (ground) - 250 g
• Cocoa powder - 1 tbsp. l.
• Flour - 50 g
• Baking powder - 0.5 tsp
• Sugar - 100 g
• Salt - 0.25 tsp
• Butter - 250 g
• Eggs (divided into proteins and yolks) - 5 pcs.
• Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
• For chocolate glaze:
• Black chocolate (chopped) - 150 g
• Butter (softened) - 125 g
• Fatty culinary cream - 2 tbsp. l.
• Orange jam - 150 g

Directions

1. Turn on the oven to preheat to 180 degrees. Grease a 23 cm round springform pan with butter and sprinkle with flour.
2. In a bowl, mix the ground walnuts, flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
3. In another bowl, beat the butter with half the sugar and vanilla extract until creamy. Gradually add egg yolks, beating well after each. Beat the egg whites separately until fluffy. Gradually add the remaining sugar, beat at high speed until stable. Gently fold the egg whites into the egg mixture, then gently fold in the flour mixture.
4. Put the dough into the prepared form and place in the oven, bake the cake for 50-60 minutes, until a clean wooden stick when pierced. Then remove the cake from the oven, let it cool at room temperature in the mold for 10 minutes, and then remove the mold and leave the cake to cool completely.
5. Meanwhile, prepare the glaze. Melt the chocolate in a water bath, remove from the bath, gradually add the butter, and then the cream, mix well.
6. Cut the crust in half lengthwise. Put one cake on a serving dish, grease with orange jam, cover with a second cake and brush with chocolate icing on top. Chocolate cake with walnuts is ready. can be submitted.