Sand cake with walnuts

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Simple in execution and very tasty big cake. Well in this shortbread dough, nuts and chocolate frosting. It is similar to a cake, it is loved by children and adults. 8 years ago I found a recipe online. Thank you to the pastry chef who invented this recipe!

Ingredients for Sand cake with walnuts

Step by step instruction of cooking Sand cake with walnuts

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1. To prepare the nuts. Clean from the shell, grind in a mortar or in the grinder of a blender.

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2. Sift the flour.

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3. In flour, add 0.5 packs of vanilla.

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4. Add sugar

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5. Leavening agent

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6. Mix well the dry mixture.

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7. Add soft butter (I butter unfortunately did not have time to fully melt, had to RUB and wait a bit to melt)

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8. Now add sour cream.

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9. Yolks.

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10. Quickly knead the dough – it should lag behind the hands.

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11. The dough is put in a bag and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

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12. Baking shape (I shape diameter 26 cm), liberally grease with butter.

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13. Sprinkle with semolina

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14. Make filling.
Beat egg whites with sugar and vanilla until white peaks.

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15. Add chopped walnuts and gently mix with proteins.

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16. Divide the dough in half and one part is still in half.

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17. The chopping Board and rolling pin are sprinkled with flour. A large piece of dough to roll out, given the size of the shape and the height of the boards.

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18. wrap it over the rolling pin and transfer to a form

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20. Half of the filling spread on the dough, flatten.

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21. Roll out the next part of the test the diameter of the mold.

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22. Cover the filling.

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23. Spread the remaining filling on second layer of dough.

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Similarly roll out the remaining dough, cover the filling. Where torn, also with your fingers to combine the dough. Edge, suscipit.

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25. If the stuffing will come out over the layer or layers of dough will not be whole and pieces, NO problem!

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26. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes until Golden brown.

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27. When the cake has cooled slightly, remove from the pan onto the paper or towel

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28. Cook the glaze.
Pour into a saucepan sugar, cocoa, butter and milk. Put on fire and stir incessantly with a spoon.

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29. Once the mixture melts, put the pieces of broken chocolate and continue to stir until it is completely dissolved.

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30. The mixture begins to thicken, the edges of the boils. Continue to interfere with a spoon. Cook after boiling for about 4 minutes

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31. Pour hot glaze on the warm cake and well daubed with a brush.

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32. Then wait for the glaze to cool.
The glaze turns shiny, not stick to hands.

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33. From the top you can sprinkle in a few places with powdered sugar, you can leave.

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34. Since the pie is large, you can when cutting first cut out the circle in the center of the pie

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And then cut into portions

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36. Bon appetit!

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This pie is a frequent guest I have the fall and winter. Concluded: in the period of cold and damp in the house, especially when not heated, the cake after baking may be slightly SAG in the middle.