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🍰 Gluten-free Chestnut Cake
180 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- Chestnuts, peeled 200 g
- Water 100 ml
- Eggs 4 pcs.
- Salt pinch
- Butter 150 g
- Sugar 130 g
- Almonds, ground 80 g
- Cocoa powder 2 tbsp
- Baking powder 2 tsp
- Icing sugar 2 tbsp
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
- 2. Line a loaf pan with baking paper.
- 3. Pour 200 grams of chestnuts with 100 milliliters of water into a tall container.
- 4. Crush the mixture into a fine puree using a hand blender.
- 5. Separate four eggs and set the egg yolks aside.
- 6. Whip the egg whites with a pinch of salt and a hand mixer with a whisk attachment until stiff.
- 7. Beat 150 grams of soft butter and 150 grams of sugar in a separate bowl until creamy.
- 8. Add the egg yolks one by one to the butter-sugar mixture and mix well.
- 9. Fold the chestnut puree into the butter-sugar-yolk mixture.
- 10. Mix 80 grams of ground almonds, 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, and baking powder.
- 11. Carefully fold the dry mixture into the batter.
- 12. Finally, gently fold the egg whites into the batter.
- 13. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
- 14. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for about 55 minutes.
- 15. Carefully remove the cake from the oven.
- 16. Dust the cake with powdered sugar and serve.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 180
- Protein: 5 g · Fett/Fat: 10 g · Carbs: 17 g