Walnut Cake With Mascarpone Cream - cooking recipe

Ingredients

100 g walnuts, finely chopped
3 None eggs, separated
1 pinch salt
210 g caster sugar
50 g breadcrumbs
3 tbsp plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
100 ml rum
250 g mascarpone cheese
300 g cream cheese
50 ml strong coffee
1 tsp vanilla extract

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F. Grease and flour an 8 inch square cake pan.
Whisk together egg yolks, 1/3 cup sugar and a pinch of salt. Mix together breadcrumbs, flour, baking powder and nuts then mix in egg yolk mixture and rum. Whip egg whites to stiff peaks, gradually adding 1/3 cup sugar. Fold into nut mixture. Transfer to prepared pan and bake for 20-25 mins. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 mins then remove from pan and let cool completely.
Cut cake in 1/2 horizontally. Mix mascarpone, cream cheese, coffee, vanilla extract and remaining sugar. Spread over bottom cake layer then top with remaining cake layer. Chill for 2 hours then cut into squares and serve.