Walnut Cake
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 140 g shelled walnuts
- 140 g powdered sugar
- 140 g chocolate
- 20 g candied citron
- 4 eggs
- vanilla sugar
Instructions
- Pound walnuts with sugar, then add chocolate, vanilla, egg yolks, beaten whites, and finely chopped candied citron.
- Bake no more than two fingers deep in a buttered, crumb-dusted pan at moderate heat.