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Chestnut Cake

Chestnut Cake
  • For : 6 servings
  • Time : 5 hours
  • Difficulty : 

Ingredients for Chestnut Cake :

  • 1.5 kg chestnuts
  • 280 g butter
  • 280 g caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1egg yolk
  • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla powder
  • 120 g almond powder
  • 40 g slivered almonds
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • Cream:
  • 125 g butter
  • 100 g sugar
  • 100 g chocolate
  • 2 egg yolks
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Technical stages for Chestnut Cake :

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Prepare all ingredients:

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Cook the chestnuts 20 minutes in boiling salted water. When finished, drain them and peel them.

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Pass them through a food mill.

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Add 200 g butter, 200 g caster sugar, 3 whole eggs and the vanilla to the still warm chestnut purée.

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Mix well.

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Pour half of the obtained mixture in a buttered baking mold. Store in the fridge.

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7

Mix the almond powder with 75 g sugar, 1 egg yolk and the cocoa powder.

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8

Add 75 g butter to this pommade.

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Pour this preparation in the baking pan which contains the first mixture.

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Cover with the rest of the chestnut preparation.

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Place in the fridge for 4 hours.

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Cream: Cook the sugar at 121°C.

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Pour it on the egg yolks while beating with an electric whisk on low speed.

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Whisk until completely cooled.

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Add the softened butter...

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...and finally the cooled melted chocolate.

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Remove the cake from the pan...

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...and coat with chocolate butter cream.

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Decorate with grilled split almonds. Serve.
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