Saturday, October 2, 2010

Soft Chocolate Walnut Cake







Just came back from China tour two days ago. Been busy washing dirty laundry and cleaning the house. While I was taking a rest and making myself a cup of coffee, I saw a packet of walnut on the table, which I bought from Da Li. I suddenly had an urge to bake a cake with walnut. Without wasting much time, I decided to bake this soft Chocolate walnut cake which I bake very often.

I like the texture of the cake which is very soft and light. And I also like the bits of the chopped walnuts and the sweetness of the chocolate. The combination of the ingredients is just perfect. And walnuts are good for the brain.


Recipe


Ingredients:

(A)
160 g caster sugar
140 g plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 tablespoon ovalett
30 g ice-cold water
5 big cold eggs (from fridge)


(B)

170 g melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla essence


(C)
80 g chopped roasted walnuts
60 g grated chocolate

Method:

1) Put ingredients A into a mixing bowl. Whisk at high speed until the mixture is thick and creamy.

2) Fold in ingredients (B) until well blend.

3) Add in scrap chocolate and 2/3 of chopped walnuts, mix well.

4) Pour into a greased 8" x8" square tin. Sprinkle the remaining chopped walnuts on top of the cake batter.

5) Bake in a preheated oven at 170º C for 40 - 45 minutes or until cook.

6) When cool cut into pieces and serve. Enjoy!


2 comments:

  1. Haha, love your statement: "And walnuts are good for the brain" - not only is good for our brain, to me walnut looks quite similar to our brain! Anyway, I finished two packages of walnuts each weighted 454gm with shell last week and love the rich bite.

    Blessings
    Priscilla Poh

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    1. Hi Prispoh, thanks for dropping by. Have a nice weekend ahead.

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