Coffee and Walnuts Sponge Cake
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RECIPE
- Sift the flour and the baking powder and set aside.
- Whisk the egg yolks with the 150g of sugar until you obtain a white and thick texture.
- Add 2 tbsp of the flour mixture to the egg yolks mixture.
- Dissolve the instant coffee in the 50ml of hot water.
- Add the coffee and the vanilla extract to the mixture.
- Fold in the remaining flour into the mixture.
- In a separate clean bowl, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt. Then add the sugar until soft peaks form.
- Fold in the egg whites into the mixture with a spatula.
- Divide the final mixture equally then bake in two 20-cm round tin. Do not forget to butter the tin.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 175°C during 20 min.
- When the two layers are ready, unmold and let cool on a wire rack.
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- Dissolve the instant coffee in the 1 tbsp of hot water.
- Melt the chocolate then add the dissolved coffee.
- Add 2 tbsp of the double cream to the chocolate and let cool.
- Whip the double cream with the vanilla extract and the sugar, then add the chocolate to it.
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- Spread the cream between the two layers. Put the walnuts in between and keep some for decoration.
- Cover the cake with the rest of the cream.
- Decorate with walnuts and chocolate curls.
ENJOY YOUR HOMEMADE TREAT!
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