Walnut Cream Cake

By foodiva

Ingredients

• FILLING:
• 4 eggs
• 300 g (10 oz) sugar
• 200 g (7 oz) flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 100 g (3.5 oz) walnuts, ground
• 10 Tbsp water
• 1/2 l (2 cups) milk
• 3 Tbsp flour
• 150 g (5 oz) butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 150 g (5 oz) powdered sugar
• AND:
• 100 ml (4 fl oz; 1/2 cup) water
• 3 Tbs rum (for sprinkling over cake layers)

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from kitchennostalgia.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
Combine flour and baking powder.
Mix sugar and egg yolks. Add water, one tablespoon at a time. Beat until foamy. Fold in beaten egg whites. Stir in walnuts.
Pour batter into a greased and flour-dusted pan. Bake for 40 min. at 175 C.When cool, divide the cake into three uniform layers with a serrated knife.
FILLING: Scald ¼ l (1 cup) milk. Combine remaining ¼ l (1 cup) milk with flour and add the mixture to scalded milk. Cook for 10 minutes. Let cool.Mix butter, vanilla and sugar until fluffy. Add to milk mixture.
ASSEMBLE: Mix 100 ml (4 fl oz; ½ cup) water with 3 Tbs rum. Sprinkle each layer of cake with ⅓ rum mixture, spread with the filling. Frost cake top and sides with remaining filling. Sprinkle with ground walnuts.

Instructions