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🍰 Gluten-free Chestnut Cake

180 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
  2. 2. Line a loaf pan with baking paper.
  3. 3. Pour 200 grams of chestnuts with 100 milliliters of water into a tall container.
  4. 4. Crush the mixture into a fine puree using a hand blender.
  5. 5. Separate four eggs and set the egg yolks aside.
  6. 6. Whip the egg whites with a pinch of salt and a hand mixer with a whisk attachment until stiff.
  7. 7. Beat 150 grams of soft butter and 150 grams of sugar in a separate bowl until creamy.
  8. 8. Add the egg yolks one by one to the butter-sugar mixture and mix well.
  9. 9. Fold the chestnut puree into the butter-sugar-yolk mixture.
  10. 10. Mix 80 grams of ground almonds, 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, and baking powder.
  11. 11. Carefully fold the dry mixture into the batter.
  12. 12. Finally, gently fold the egg whites into the batter.
  13. 13. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
  14. 14. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for about 55 minutes.
  15. 15. Carefully remove the cake from the oven.
  16. 16. Dust the cake with powdered sugar and serve.

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