Walnut biscuit has a high calorie content. But, despite this, such a dessert remains a favorite delicacy of most sweet tooth.
Properly cooked sponge cake with nuts turns out to be lush, fragrant and rosy. Baked cakes can be served to the table and just like that, and in the form of a delicious cake. In the latter case, the biscuit must be divided into several parts, greased with any cream and garnish with confectionery crumbs.
Step by step recipe for biscuit with nuts
To prepare such a treat at home, the following products are needed:
- village eggs - 4 pcs.;
- granulated sugar - 250 g;
- premium wheat flour - 250 g;
- table soda - 1-2 small tablespoons;
- fresh sour cream - 200 g (+1 spoon to extinguish soda);
- vegetable oil - for greasing dishes;
- peeled walnuts - 1 cup (or to taste).
Making gingerbread dough
To please your loved ones with a delicious and nutritious biscuit with nuts, you should pay special attention to the process of kneading dough. After all, it depends on the correctness of this culinary procedure whether the dessert will be lush, fragrant and rosy.
To prepare the base you will need a wide and deep container. 250 g of granulated sugar and 4 egg yolks are spread in it. After grinding the products with a spoon to the state of an air clarified mass, 200 g of fresh sour cream is added to it.
After mixing the ingredients, they are left aside and begin to prepare egg whites. They are placed in a deep and narrow dish, and then thoroughly beat, using a blender or mixer.
Having received a magnificent protein mass, it is laid out to a previously prepared mixture of their yolks, sugar and sour cream. Slowly stirring the products with a spoon, wheat flour is gradually added to them. Do this in such a way that no lumps form.
At the very end, table soda is added to an almost finished dough, which is preliminarily quenched with a small spoon of fresh sour cream.
The secret to making the right foundation
Properly kneaded biscuit dough with nuts is lush and light. It is extremely important to achieve such a consistent consistency of the base, otherwise the dessert may turn out to be bleak.
It is better to prepare walnuts for the treat in question in advance. After all, all culinary experts know that the main secret of preparing a magnificent biscuit lies in the quick kneading of its base, as well as in the instant placement of the latter in a preheated oven.
Preparing Nut Filling
A sponge cake with nuts will be much tastier and more aromatic if you first fry the filling of the dessert. To do this, take walnuts, remove garbage and wash them thoroughly, using a sieve or colander. Then they are laid out in a pan and, over low heat, first dried and then fried.
After the nuts have cooled, they are recommended to be crushed using a deep bowl and a normal crush. Although there are some cooks who prefer to cook such a treat with the use of unfinished toppings. By the way, to your taste, instead of walnuts, you can use hazelnuts, almonds, cashews, etc. to create the sweets in question. Their preliminary processing is similar to that described above.
Dessert making
Having processed walnuts or other nuts, as well as kneading biscuit dough, they are combined and thoroughly mixed with a spoon. After that, they begin to form the future dessert.
For baking homemade biscuit it is better to use glass or aluminum dishes. Although some culinary specialists prepare such a delicacy with the help of a silicone mold, split containers and even an ordinary frying pan without a handle. In any case, the dishes are pre-washed and preheated in the oven. Then it is lubricated with vegetable oil, after which it is filled with nut dough.
Heat treatment
As soon as the base is placed in the dishes, it is immediately sent to the oven, which is preheated to a temperature of 180 degrees. In this state (without opening the cabinet lid) the biscuit is baked for about 60 minutes.
The readiness of the cake can be determined visually (the dessert becomes as lush and rosy as possible) and with a knife or a toothpick. The latter option is preferable. To do this, a knife / toothbrush at an angle of 45 degrees is inserted into the thickest part of the biscuit, after which it is carefully removed and evaluated. If the item remains dry, then the biscuit is ready. If the dough (even a small amount) has stuck to the knife / toothpick, then it is better to keep it in the oven for some more time.
Serving to the table
As soon as the thermal treatment of the dessert is completed, it is taken out and slightly cooled right in the baking dish. If you try to get a biscuit in a hot state, then it can acquire an ugly shape or even fall apart.
Before serving, a nut treat is sprinkled with powdered sugar and cut into slices.
Other cooking and serving options
Some chefs believe that chocolate sponge cake with nuts turns out to be more tasty and unusual than the classic version of this dessert. To get such a treat, 2-3 large spoons of cocoa powder are added to a standard set of ingredients. This product is poured into the dough after adding soda and before adding nuts.
By mixing the ingredients, a brown base is obtained, which becomes even darker after heat treatment.
In the event that serving a classic walnut biscuit is considered boring, confectioners recommend making a cake out of it. To do this, baked cakes (chocolate or light) are completely cooled, and then placed on a flat dish. Using a long and sharp knife or special cooking threads, the biscuit is divided into two or three equal parts (more if possible, if the thickness allows).
After receiving a few nut cakes, they are alternately greased with cream and placed on top of each other (on a torte plate). Having thus gathered a dessert, proceed to decorate it. Sponge cake with nuts can be glazed, coated with mastic or also cream, and then sprinkled with confectionery crumbs or crumbs made from fried walnuts.
If desired, the ready-made dessert is decorated with dried fruit slices, hazelnuts, almonds and other suitable products.