Caprese cake: the recipe of Sal De riso. Discover all the secrets of him!
A soft cake typical of the Campania tradition is undoubtedly the caprese cake. The caprese cake is decidedly soft and delicious and is also suitable for those who must avoid gluten.
Caprese cake: the recipe of Sal De riso. Discover all the secrets of him!
Light and easy to prepare, its scent and moist texture will become indispensable.
The ingredients needed to prepare the Caprese cake are:
- 85 g of peeled hazelnuts in powder
- 170 g of dark chocolate
- 85 gr of peeled almonds in powder
- 170 g of soft butter at room temperature
- 14 g of bitter cocoa
- 25 g of potato starch
- 5 eggs
- 170 g of icing sugar
- Sale
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 4 g of baking powder
The preparation is very simple and does not take much time.
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 45 minutes
Calories: 224
Servings 10
First you need to take a bowl and insert the butter, a part of the sugar, the vanilla and start whipping with the electric whisk. We then add the egg yolks and salt and continue beating. Finally mix with a spatula and set aside.
At this point we can prepare our powders. In another bowl we insert the almonds and the powdered hazelnuts and the grated chocolate ( this step is essential ) . Add, sifting, the starch, baking powder and cocoa. Mix all the powders with a spatula.
Then we take a bowl and pour the egg whites used previously, the remaining icing sugar and begin to mount.
Finally, all that remains is to combine the compounds. We take the bowl of whipped butter at the beginning and insert one third of the whipped egg white and one third of the mixture from the powder bowl. Mix everything with a spatula and gradually add, always one third at a time, the rest of the compounds.
When the compound is smooth and creamy, pour it into a cake tin with a diameter of 22 centimeters, previously floured with starch and buttered, in a convection oven for 45 minutes at a temperature of 170 degrees.
When the cake is ready let it cool. Our caprese cake is ready.