Almond or Hazelnut Dacquoise

Name: Almond or Hazelnut Dacquoise
Ingredients: ⅓ cup (1 oz./30 g) cake flour; 1 cup (3 oz./85 g) blanched* ground almonds or hazelnuts; 1 cup (3 oz./85 g) blanched* ground almonds or hazelnuts; 3 egg whites; ¼ cup (1 ¾ oz./50 g) granulated sugar; ¼ cup (1 ¾ oz./50 g) granulated sugar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

About

This dacquoise sponge makes a base* for many types of chocolate dessert. It is light, crisp, and tasty.

Ingredients

⅓ cup (1 oz./30 g) cake flour
1 cup

Dessert
Vegetarian
Cake

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F–375°F (180°C–190°C).

Sift the flour with the ground almonds or hazelnuts and the confectioners’ sugar into a mixing bowl.

Pour all the granulated sugar into the egg whites and immediately begin whisking until