Hazelnut Torte
Ingredients
- 10 egg whites
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 200 g (7 oz) hazelnut meal
- 250 ml (8 fl oz) cream
- ½ tsp instant coffee powder
- ½ tsp cocoa powder
Steps
- Preheat oven to very hot—about 230°C (450°F).
- Whip egg whites with electric mixer to soft peaks. While whipping, very gradually add the caster sugar, and continue whipping to stiff peaks.
- Gently fold hazelnut meal into the beaten egg whites.
- Line a 40 x 25 cm (16 x 10-inch) baking pan with foil. Spread mixture evenly into tray. Do not bang the tray—it is important to keep as much air in the cake as possible.
- Once cake is in oven, immediately turn temperature down to 180°C (350°F). Bake for 20 minutes, or until cake is sealed and springs back when touched lightly with finger.
- Allow cake to cool in the tray. It should only be about 1 inch high.
- Once cooled, cut cake into 3 equal sections to be stacked on top of each other.
- In a bowl, dissolve coffee and cocoa into cream. Once dissolved, whip cream to stiff peaks.
- Layer cream between the sections of cake to make a log. Decorate top with extra cream.
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Adapted from “Hazelnut Torte” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.