Cake Food of the Gods with walnuts

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make Food of the Gods cake with walnuts? This cake is much easier to prepare than it seems at first glance. First, prepare all the necessary ingredients for the dough. Take premium flour. The eggs are large and selected. Sour cream with 20% fat content. Taking into account the condensed milk in the cream, you can adjust the amount of sugar to your taste.

2. STEP 2

   

   Mix sour cream and soda. Leave for 10 minutes until bubbles appear. The sour cream will thin out greatly, and from thick it will become runny. You can replace sour cream with full-fat kefir.

3. STEP 3

   

   Rinse the walnuts first, then heat them in a dry frying pan and grind them in a blender into fine crumbs.

4. STEP 4

   

   Beat the eggs with sugar into a fluffy foam. The airiness of your pie depends on how you beat the eggs. You can’t beat the mixture until it’s white and thick - the protein will lose the air bubbles that lift the dough along with the soda.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add sour cream and soda to the eggs and beat again.

6. STEP 6

   

   Sift the flour and add it in parts to the egg mixture, beating each time with a mixer until smooth.

7. STEP 7

   

   You may need more or less flour. Focus on consistency. The dough should be thick and viscous.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add walnuts and stir.

9. STEP 9

   

   Line a baking dish (Ø 20-22 cm) with parchment and grease with butter. Pour out the dough and smooth it out. Place in a preheated room at 180°C for 35-40 minutes. Do not open the door for the first 25-30 minutes.

10. STEP 10

    

    Now prepare the cream. The butter should be at room temperature, so remove it from the refrigerator in advance. It is very important to choose high-quality condensed milk. Nowadays a lot of defective goods are sold. Real condensed milk should be without milk fat substitutes, made from natural products, and thick. The fat content of real condensed milk is 8.5%.

11. STEP 11

    

    Beat soft butter until fluffy. Without ceasing to beat, add condensed milk little by little.

12. STEP 12

    

    Finally, add cocoa and beat again until smooth.

13. STEP 13

    

    The cream should be fluffy, but quite dense, not runny.

14. STEP 14

    

    Transfer the finished crust to a wire rack and cool. Then cut lengthwise into two layers, the bottom one is thinner - this will be the base for the cake, the second one is thicker.

15. STEP 15

    

    Grease a thinner sponge cake with some of the cream.

16. STEP 16

    

    Crumble the remaining cake into small pieces with your hands. Combine the crumbled sponge cake with the remaining cream in the bowl and mix.

17. STEP 17

    

    Then place the whole cake layer on top of the cream-covered layer.

18. STEP 18

    

    You can drizzle the cake with frosting if you wish. You can use store-bought toppings or make your own frosting.

19. STEP 19

    

    Break the chocolate into pieces, combine with cream and, stirring, melt over low heat until smooth.

20. STEP 20

    

    Drizzle chocolate glaze over cake. For convenience, I poured the glaze into a disposable piping bag and cut off the tip. Place the cake in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.

21. STEP 21

    

    Before serving, cut the cake into pieces, garnish with mint and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Victoria

30.07.2023

4.6

The crust is just super! Thanks for the recipe!

znlena

30.07.2023

4.5

Very tasty cake!!! The whole family liked it. It’s not at all difficult to make, all the ingredients are available. I’ll definitely make it again. I did it in the evening and it soaked in perfectly overnight. I broke the top cake into small pieces, rather than turning it into crumbs) To be honest, I was a little afraid for the bottom cake that it would come out dry, but nothing like that - the cake really melts in your mouth) Great recipe! I recommend to everyone!

holgazana

30.07.2023

4.6

This cake has a telling name. It's so delicious! It just melts in your mouth! Thanks for the recipe. Food of the gods - excellent and delicious cake. Sweet tooths will go crazy! Amazingly delicious, simple and fast! Now I’m going to cook and put it in the Recipe Saver.

Elenka_M

30.07.2023

4.5

Truly food of the gods!!!!! SUPER!!!Thank you!!!Instead, my way.