Nut cake: Great and critical recipe of nostalgia

I've known this walnut cake for years. It's a recipe by Blanca Cotta that I have saved in a booklet in my library.

I haven't saved any recipes for years, but I do keep this walnut cake, along with others, a reminder of my analog life.

 

I always maintain that the internet is the best thing we could have done, by far. The internet is an extraordinary invention. It's knowledge built collectively, it's selfless collaboration. The good guys triumph on the internet. And above all, it's the medium that allows a lazybones like me, with no resources other than willpower, to do what I love and do more or less well.

I'll stop here with my ode to the internet. Because I'm about to shed a tear.

What I mean by this is that I'm not a fan of nostalgia in this regard. Nostalgia justifies anything. Sometimes I see people on Facebook posting memes or saying things like, "We used to play hide-and-seek, the kids these days..."

Hide and seek is great, my favorite game.

But then comes: “If you misbehaved, your old lady would threaten you with her flip-flop” *sigh*

Are you guys fucking me? ARE YOU FUCKING ME?

Please, a little discretion. The fact that it's fashionable not to hit children is a huge advantage of this era (for boys, at least). It's also fashionable not to give them sausages. Or are they going to cry when they hear the name Patyviena? Don't mess with me.

“Rewind the cassette with a bic” *sigh*

Let me tell you how it was, my love: you wanted to kill yourself because you didn't have any more batteries. Batteries were incredibly expensive, there were no rechargeable ones, and they pollute a lot. You didn't want to do that crap, you just wanted to LISTEN TO MUSIC. Don't sigh so much. The digital format is better. Don't doubt it.

 

Nostalgia is a good thing for everything. I imagine those who grew up in 2000:

“Oh… we used to send power point chains…” *sigh*

Wow, the power points are GAROMPA.

 

I'm going to throw out a maxim: what makes you nostalgic is, by definition, worse. What was good stayed and became a classic. Do you like the Beatles? Think about the Beatles. Does it make you nostalgic? No. You know why? Because if you want to listen to the Beatles, the safest thing is to put on a Beatles song and that's it. Now go ahead and put on a Parcheesi cassette and see how long you last. Does Parcheesi make you nostalgic? DON'T FUCK WITH ME. We didn't let Tino go for nothing.

 

What's all this about? Oh yes, Blanca Cotta's walnut cake.

I'm writing it here because it's so good. And to throw the paper to hell.

 

 

about this walnut cake

Oh, guys, you can't imagine what this walnut cake is all about. I mean, walnut and chocolate... it can't go wrong, right? I loved it.

It's a moist, compact, heavy, but good brew. And elegant, it's ideal for taking anywhere for coffee time.

Blanca Cotta's original recipe is served with hot chocolate (charlotte-style, since we're feeling nostalgic).

The preparation isn't the easiest, but if you're brave enough, I assure you this walnut cake is worth the effort. Let me know if you make it!

 

 

 

Ingredients

for 1 cake (quack!)

• 1 cup of sugar
• 100g. of butter
• 200g of peeled walnuts
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup of lift flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup of cream
• 1 cdita. vanilla essence
• 3 tbsp. pastry dulce de leche (optional)
• Chocolate ganache (you can see here )

 

Walnut cake recipe

This is done

1. Beat the sugar with the butter until it resembles a cream.

2. Chop the walnuts with a rolling pin on the counter. Blanca Cotta says this procedure (which she calls "troglodytic") is essential for the success of our walnut cake.

3. Add the nuts to the butter and sugar mixture.

4. Separate the egg whites from the yolks.

5. Add the egg yolks one at a time to the walnut, sugar, and butter mixture, beating well after each addition.

6. Add the sifted flour and baking powder to this mixture, gradually alternating with the cream (a little flour, a little cream, and so on). Add the vanilla extract and mix well. Do all this with a wooden spoon or spatula, not a whisk.

7. Beat the 4 egg whites until stiff (use a mixer if you don't want your arm to hurt), and fold them into the mixture with gentle, circular movements.

8. Pay attention here: grease the mold with plenty of butter and, instead of flouring it as usual, add ground sugar.

9. Pour the walnut cake mixture into the pan. It will rise a lot, so it should not be more than 2/3 full.

10. Bake in a moderate oven (180ºC) for about 45 minutes. Keep an eye on it. It's important not to overcook the cake so that it's moist, not dry.

11. Optional: Spread a thin layer of dulce de leche over the entire cake. Then, cover with the chocolate ganache. Top with whole or crushed walnuts. Voilà!

 

This is how the walnut cake looks like

and the best thing is the taste