Hazelnut Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Name: Hazelnut Cake with Chocolate Ganache
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 5 medium eggs, separated; 90 g/3¼ oz/scant ½ cup caster or granulated sugar; 90 g/3¼ oz/scant ½ cup caster or granulated sugar; a pinch of salt; 250 g/9 oz/2½ cups ground hazelnuts (finely ground but not to a paste); 1 large carrot (250g/9 oz), peeled and finely grated; ½ tsp cream of tartar; 250 g/9 oz/1½ cups dark chocolate, broken into pieces; 250 ml/9 fl oz/generous 1 cup double cream

Preparation info

Serves:
12

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

Babka, Boulou, & Blintzes

By Michael Leventhal

Published 2021

About

Growing up in South Africa and long before carrot cakes were in vogue, my mother ‘invented’ this wonderfully moist cake. For a rich dessert, I top the cake with a dark chocolate ganache. My mum used a thin rum icing drizzled over the top, which is also delicious and not as rich.

Ingredients

For the cake

5 medium eggs, separated
90 g/3¼ oz/scant ½

Africa
South Africa
Cake
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Grease and line the base of a 23cm/9in round springform cake tin. There is no need to grease the sides of the tin.
For the cake, put the egg yolks, sugar and salt into a mixing bowl and whisk togeth