Recipe for cooking walnut cake with coffee syrup

Cooking with Coffee :: Coffee Desserts

Walnut Cake with Coffee Syrup

Posted by Annette at recipegoldmine.com 8/22/2001 1:38 pm

6 eggs, separated
1/2 c. honey, plus more for garnish, divided
3/4 c. sugar, divided
1 c. shelled walnuts, toasted and ground
1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 c. strong fresh coffee
Vanilla yogurt for garnish

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease sides and bottom of a springform pan. Line base with parchment paper.

In a med. bowl, beat egg yolks, 1/2 c. honey and 1/4 c. sugar until pale and creamy. In a separate bowl, combine walnuts, flour, baking powder and cinnamon; stir into creamed mixture.

In a sm. bowl, whisk egg whites until stiff, stir 1 Tbsp. into batter; fold in remaining whites until evenly incorporated. Pour batter into pan; bake 30 mins. or until cake has risen and shrunk slightly from the sides of the tin.

Meanwhile, heat coffee in a sm. pan with remaining 1/2 c. sugar, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Boil 3 to 4 mins. or until syrupy. Cool cake about 5 mins.; transfer to a lrg. plate. Spike all over with a skewer; drizzle with syrup. Cool completely; serve in wedges garnished with yogurt and drizzled with honey.

Makes approximately 8 servings.