Apricot Spice Cake
ingredients 750g of dried apricots 80g pistachio nuts 80g whole almonds 225g unsalted butter 1 tablespoon honey 225g caster sugar 160g flour 1 teaspoon ground white pepper 2 teaspoons sweet 'quatre epices', (a mixture of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg can be substituted) 1 teaspoon baking soda, sifted, 180g egg whites Sugar syrup 500ml water to 300g sugar method Soak apricots overnight in a mild sugar syrup. For sugar syrup: Combine water and sugar in medium saucepan, cook, stirring, over low heat to dissolve the sugar. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Cool and strain before using to soak apricots. For cake batter: Roast nuts in oven 180�C or 160�C fan-forced for 5 minutes. Cool completely & grind to a coarse meal in food processor. Melt butter over a medium heat, gently bringing it to "beurre noisette" i.e. brown butter just as it begins to smoke. Have a large bowl ready containing the honey; strain the butter into this (holding back the burnt milk solids). Combine all the dry ingredients with the ground nuts in a separate bowl & pour over the hot butter/honey mix stirring as you go. Whisk the whites to very soft peaks & carefully fold into batter. To assemble, spray a 10" (25cm) cake tin with non-stick spray, line the base with silicone paper. Cover with a double layer of strained apricots & pour over cake batter. Bake at 180�C or 160�C fan-forced for approximately 50 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched in the centre. Allow to cool for 10 mins before inverting onto a plate. Can be served warm in winter as a pudding ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/QXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAKE-RECIPE/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
