Flourless cake

PREPARATION TIME: 2 HOURS 40 MINUTES
SERVINGS €“ 10
KCAL: 411
INGREDIENTS
•	10 Chicken eggs 
•	17.6 oz. / 500g Walnuts 
•	1 tbsp. / 20 ml Cognac 
•	7 oz. / 200g Butter 
•	14.1 oz. / 400g Powdered sugar 
•	1/3 cup / 40g cornstarch 
•	½ cup / 40g Cocoa powder 
•	½ cup / 100g Milk 
For decorating:
•	5/8 cup / 80g Walnuts 
•	2 tbsp. / 15g Cocoa powder 
•	1/8 cup / 20g Chocolate 
•	Meringue 
PREPARATION STEPS
1.	Break the eggs, divide into whites and yolks. Pour most of the powdered sugar (about 240-250 grams) to the egg whites. Beat the whites with powdered sugar until stable white peaks. Carefully pour the starch into the whipped whites, mix.
2.	Fry walnuts in a dry pan or oven. Chop the nuts with a large knife. In parts spread roasted nuts in the mass.
3.	On a piece of parchment paper, draw a circle of the necessary diameter (17-18 cm). Make four such blanks. Two such blanks will fit on a large baking sheet. Spread part of the obtained mass in the center of each circle, carefully level with a spatula, trying not to go beyond the edges.
4.	Transfer the baking tray to the oven already preheated to 200°C / 392°F. Immediately reduce the fire to 180°C / 356°F. Bake the cakes for 20-25 minutes. Cakes should acquire a pleasant caramel color. In the same way, bake two more cakes.
5.	Slightly beat the pre-softened butter with a mixer. Whisk the egg yolks with the rest of icing sugar. Pour milk into a beaten yolk with a thin stream, mix.
6.	Place a bowl with beaten yolks and milk over water bath. Bring the cream to a boil constantly stirring, then remove from the water bath. Cool down.
7.	When the cream has cooled, add whipped butter into it, and also sift the cocoa powder. Sift cocoa necessarily to get rid of lumps. Beat the cream with a mixer. Then pour cognac and re-whisk until smooth.
8.	Separate the ready cakes from the parchment immediately, while the meringue has not cooled yet. Grease the cakes with cream and put them together. Grease the whole cake with cream on all sides.
9.	Decorate the cake to taste. (chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, meringues and cocoa powder for powder are suitable.)