Walnut Cake with Streusel
The walnut cake with streusel is a fluffy sponge cake made with whole eggs and sugar, topped with a crunchy layer of caramelized nuts.
Ingredients
Servings:
4
Ingredients
- Sponge cake
- 2 duck eggs
- 115 gsugar
- 130 gall-purpose flour
- 40 gMaizena (cornstarch)
- 115 gsoftened butter
- 115 gnatural yogurt
- 1 teaspoonlemon juice
- 1 teaspoonvanilla powder
- 3 gleavening agent, (or instant yeast, or Royal yeast)
- Streusel
- 85 gbrown sugar
- 60 gwalnuts crumbled
- 30 g52% chocolate chips
- 1 cinnamon powder
- 1 100% cocoa powder
Nutritional Information
Per Serving (Approx.)
Calories
915 kcal
Protein
22 g
Fat
45 g
Carbohydrates
127 g
Disclaimer: These values are estimates based on ingredient types and may not be precise.
Step-by-step Guide
Preparation
- Prepare the streusel by mixing the brown sugar, finely chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, cocoa powder, and cinnamon in a bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, cornstarch, and baking powder and sift to avoid lumps.
- Cream the room temperature butter with the sugar and salt until the mixture whitens and becomes fluffy. This will take about 6 minutes with an electric mixer at medium speed.
- In another container, beat the whole eggs together with the yogurt, lemon juice, and vanilla extract until you obtain a homogeneous mixture.
- Incorporate the butter and the sifted ingredients alternately in three additions, gently folding with a spatula after each addition.
- Add 1/3 of the butter to the liquid mixture and mix until integrated.
- Add 1/3 of the sifted flour and mix until integrated.
- Add another 1/3 of the butter and mix until completely incorporated.
- Add another 1/3 of the flour and mix until homogenized.
- Add the remaining butter and mix until the mixture is uniform.
- Finally add the last third of the flour and mix until you obtain a smooth, lump-free batter.
- Grease the mold with butter and pour in half of the prepared batter.
- Sprinkle the prepared streusel over the batter in the mold.
- Finish filling the mold with the second half of the batter.
- Using a knife, gently stir the batter with circular motions to distribute the streusel.
- Allow the dough to rest in the mold for 1 hour at room temperature.
- When there are 30 minutes remaining before baking, preheat the oven to 180ºC.
- Bake the cake in the preheated oven at 180ºC for approximately 45 minutes, checking if a skewer comes out clean to ensure it is cooked.
- Let the cake cool in the mold placed on a wire rack to cool evenly.
Recommendations & Tricks
- To prevent the sponge cake from becoming dense, make sure to sift the cake flour and cornstarch well before incorporating them into the mixture. This will help achieve a lighter and more homogeneous texture.
- When beating the eggs with the sugar, do so for about 5-7 minutes or until you achieve a whitish and thick mixture. This will help the cake rise better and be fluffier.
- Once baked, allow the walnut cake to cool completely on a wire rack before applying the streusel. This will prevent the topping from melting or falling apart.