Chocolate cake with walnuts

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 4 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake a sponge cake for a chocolate cake with walnuts? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Chicken eggs should be at room temperature, so remove them from the refrigerator in advance. For making biscuits, take condensed milk of high quality according to GOST.

2. STEP 2

   

   Pour condensed milk into a suitable container. Beat two eggs and mix with a mixer at medium speed until smooth.

3. STEP 3

   

   Add cocoa powder by sifting it through a strainer. Beat again with a mixer until smooth. Be sure to sift the flour to saturate it with oxygen. Pour into the dough in parts, stirring with a silicone spatula. Since flour differs in its properties, you may need a little more or less than indicated. Focus on the desired consistency.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add baking soda slaked with lemon juice. Gently mix the dough again. The consistency of the dough should be like thick sour cream.

5. STEP 5

   

   Take a round cake pan with a diameter of 18-21 cm. Line the bottom with high-quality parchment paper. Grease the sides with a piece of butter.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour in half the dough. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Please note that everyone's oven is different, so baking times may vary. Check the readiness of the biscuit with a wooden skewer. Pierce the biscuit, if the skewer comes out dry, without sticking dough, then it’s ready. Bake a second sponge cake as well.

7. STEP 7

   

   These are the two biscuits I got. They must cool completely.

8. STEP 8

   

   Then wrap the cooled cakes in cling film and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.

9. STEP 9

   

   How to make cream for chocolate cake with walnuts? Prepare the following ingredients. Use high fat sour cream.

10. STEP 10

    

    Place the sour cream on cheesecloth folded in four. We put it in a colander, which we place on the pan. Carefully cover the sour cream with the ends of the gauze, place a flat plate on top, and some weight on it (you can use a bottle of water). Leave the sour cream to settle in the cold for several hours (at least 2 hours).

11. STEP 11

    

    Pour boiling water over prunes (I used dried ones) and leave for 1 hour. Then drain the water and dry the prunes with paper towels. Cut it into small pieces.

12. STEP 12

    

    Grind the walnuts in a blender.

13. STEP 13

    

    Transfer the settled sour cream into a suitable sized container. Add sugar and beat with a mixer until the sugar crystals dissolve.

14. STEP 14

    

    Add chopped nuts and finely chopped prunes.

15. STEP 15

    

    Using a silicone spatula, mix the cream well. It turns out thick and very, very tasty!

16. STEP 16

    

    How to make chocolate walnut cake frosting? Prepare your ingredients. I used brown sugar, but you can use regular sugar. Cocoa can be replaced with dark chocolate.

17. STEP 17

    

    Pour cocoa and sugar into a saucepan and stir.

18. STEP 18

    

    Pour in the milk. Cook in a water bath over low heat, stirring constantly until the sugar dissolves.

19. STEP 19

    

    Add butter. Continue cooking. The butter should melt and the glaze will become glossy and shiny.

20. STEP 20

    

    Bring the glaze to a boil and remove from heat. Leave it to cool slightly for about 5 minutes.

21. STEP 21

    

    Start assembling the chocolate walnut cake. Remove the biscuit cakes from the refrigerator, remove the film and cut each into 2 parts. You should get 4 cakes. If you baked one sponge cake, cut it into three layers.

22. STEP 22

    

    Place the first cake layer on a cake tray or plate, brush it with cream (about 2 tablespoons), and smooth it over the entire surface of the cake layer. If desired, each cake can be soaked in pre-brewed aromatic coffee, into which you can add a teaspoon of cognac or liqueur for flavor.

23. STEP 23

    

    Cover with the second cake layer, brush with cream, then place the third cake layer. Place the fourth cake layer on top with a nice, even cap. Grease the sides of the cake with sour cream as well.

24. STEP 24

    

    Cover the top of the cake with icing and sprinkle the sides with chopped nuts. Place the cake in the refrigerator to soak for several hours, or better yet, overnight.

25. STEP 25

    

    Decorate the cake as you wish. I put out whole prunes, nuts, and fresh mint leaves.

Comments on the recipe

Corason

11.09.2023

4.7

I was looking for a cake with prunes and came across this recipe. A very interesting and beautiful cake. Spectacular! I made a chocolate cake with walnuts using this recipe. I increased the amount of ingredients using the site’s calculator, which is very convenient. I prepared it in a mold with a diameter of 26 cm. I prepared one chocolate sponge cake, but instead of baking soda I used baking powder. I cut the cooled biscuit into cake layers. I have dried homemade prunes, which I poured boiling water over according to the author’s recommendation. I made a cream with the addition of chopped prunes and nuts. I made the glaze just before pouring over the cake. For decoration I left whole prunes and chopped roasted nuts. Before greasing with cream, I soaked the cakes with sugar syrup so that it was very tender) I tried to decorate it like the author. I poured the glaze over the cake, sprinkled it with nuts and laid out the prunes. It took me three hours to prepare the cake. My finished cake was not soaked. As soon as the glaze hardened, I started cutting it. I cut it with a hot knife so that it would be nice and neat. A masterpiece cake! A spectacular, very attractive chocolate cake with walnuts decorated our holiday. It is incredibly tasty, aromatic, tender. The combination of prunes, nuts, chocolate, sour cream is ideal. Everyone who loves prunes will definitely love the cake. Well, very tasty!!! Many thanks to the author😊

Irin-Lima

11.09.2023

4.9

Chocolate with nuts is delicious, but my cake is only with nuts, but very tasty, try it too