Walnut-Date Torte

Name: Walnut-Date Torte
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams 1/2 cups pitted dates , finely chopped; 4 larges eggs, separated, at room temperature 30 minutes; 1 teaspoons ground cardamom; 158 milliliters matzo meal; 1 Tbsp grated orange zest; 8 servings Garnish: Passover powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 177 milliliters sugar, divided; 142 grams 1/2 cups walnuts , toasted and cooled; 59 milliliters boiling-hot water; 8 servings Accompaniment: unsweetened whipped cream

Walnut-Date Torte might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 394 calories, 8g of protein, and 15g of fat. This recipe serves 8. If you have dates, salt, walnuts, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 5 hours.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Generously grease a 9- by 2-inch round cake pan with softened butter or vegetable oil and dust with some matzo meal, knocking out excess.

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Vegetable Oil

Matzo Meal

Butter

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Pour hot water over dates in a large bowl and let stand 15 minutes to soften.

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Dates

Water

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Bowl

Pulse walnuts in a food processor until chopped, then add 1/4 cup sugar and pulse until nuts are finely ground.

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Walnuts

Sugar

Nuts

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Food Processor

Add matzo meal (2/3 cup), zest, cardamom, and salt and pulse until combined.

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Matzo Meal

Cardamom

Salt

Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt in a bowl using an electric mixer at medium-high speed until they just hold soft peaks.

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Egg Whites

Salt

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Bowl

Add remaining 1/2 cup sugar in a slow stream, beating until whites hold stiff glossy peaks.

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Sugar

Whisk yolks into date mixture. Fold one third of yolk mixture into whites, then fold in remaining yolk mixture gently but thoroughly. Fold all of nut mixture into batter.

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Egg Yolk

Dates

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Whisk

Spoon batter into cake pan and bake until golden and springy to the touch and cake just begins to pull away from side of pan, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack 30 minutes, then invert onto rack and cool completely.

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Oven

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Cake can be made 2 days ahead and kept, in a sealed bag or wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, at room temperature.

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Wrap