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Chestnut Cake

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

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

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

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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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The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

Hemispherical rolled edge mixing bowl Ø 30 cmHemispherical rolled edge mixing bowl Ø 30 cm 23.90 Euro
Stainless steel whisk 12 cmStainless steel whisk 12 cm 11.40 Euro
Beater Mixer Alphamix® 5 litresBeater Mixer Alphamix® 5 litres 941.30 Euro
Vacuum food saver 1 litreVacuum food saver 1 litre 11.90 Euro
Food Mill tined N° 2 - Ø 24 cmFood Mill tined N° 2 - Ø 24 cm 40.70 Euro
Sugar pan Ø 16 cmSugar pan Ø 16 cm 79.00 Euro
Almond powder 1 kgAlmond powder 1 kg 9.90 Euro