Chestnut & Almond Cake with Chocolate Glaze: Easy Recipe for Autumn

Ingredients

For the chestnut cake:

🌰 500 g of Galician chestnuts

🌰 150 g almond flour

🍳 6 eggs M

🍬 100 g brown sugar

🍬 50 g white sugar

🍰 16 g of baking powder or baking powder

🧂 A pinch of salt (3 g)

🥛 20 ml whole milk

🧈 100 g unsalted butter

🌟 Star anise

For the chocolate glaze:

🍶 100 ml of whipping cream or milk cream 35% MG

🍫 120 g of dark chocolate for desserts

🧈 25 g unsalted butter

💧 30 ml of water

Autumn always gives us plenty of opportunities to prepare a few recipes with chestnuts. For many, this is one of the best times of the year because we can take advantage of it to prepare all those desserts that we like so much, from a delicious San Martiño cake to the delicious Marrón Glacé , that delicious Galician recipe for chestnuts in syrup.

Today we’re also aiming for the north, because we bring you a spectacular Galician chestnut cake , with a chocolate glaze that will leave all your guests drooling. This dessert recipe is a great option to top off a good meal.

It is difficult to find people who do not like chestnuts , but it is even more difficult if we are talking about Galician chestnuts , a variety of very good quality, super sweet and a classic at Magosto . It does not matter if we prepare them roasted or boiled , Galician chestnuts always give good results. This is reflected in the presence of Galician chestnuts in the kitchens of great chefs, where it is increasingly difficult to notice their absence.

The cake we bring you today is a tribute to this great ingredient, with a unique flavour that will make you think of repeating it as soon as you try it. Chestnut lovers will already be thinking about what the recipe is like, but we assure you that it will also arouse passions among chocolate fans . In addition, this recipe can be a great option for Christmas . Do you dare to try it?

Chestnut cake with chocolate recipe: Step-by-step

Preparation of Galician chestnut cake

To prepare it, we will only need half a kilo of Galician chestnuts , half a dozen eggs , brown and white sugar , butter , yeast , milk, salt and a sprig of anise , which are fairly easy ingredients to find.

1. The first thing we will do is preheat the oven to 180º C. While it is heating up, we peel the chestnuts and cook them with the star anise. When the chestnuts are ready, we remove the second skin while they are still hot, being very careful not to burn ourselves.
2. We crush them with a fork and set them aside to use later. There is no need to be super insistent when crushing them, if there are bits of chestnut left in the cake they will give it an interesting touch of flavour.
3. Now it’s time to separate the egg whites. Once we have done this, we beat the egg whites until stiff.
4. Next, prepare a bowl to beat the butter, which should be at room temperature, together with the white and brown sugar and a splash of milk to make the mixture creamy. When we have a creamy mixture, add the six egg yolks that we had set aside one by one and stir until the ingredients are well combined. When we have a homogeneous mixture, add a pinch of salt.
5. Now we will fold the egg whites into the mixture using a spatula, folding everything in well to prevent the foam from losing air. Then, we will add the crushed chestnuts, the almond flour , a pinch of salt and we will also make these folding movements. When it is integrated, we add the yeast. Now we have the cake dough ready to bake.

Baking the cake

1. We prepare a silicone mould for the cake, about 23 cm in diameter. Although you can use a larger mould of 24 centimetres, it will be a little lower. At home we have this type of mould because it is very easy to remove the cake from the mould, but if we don’t have one we can use another one, but it is advisable to grease it so that it doesn’t stick.
2. We sprinkle the base with a little sugar and when it is ready, we pour in the mixture we have prepared.
3. Next, bake the cake for about an hour. The times depend on each oven. The trick to know if it is ready is to prick it with a toothpick and, if it comes out dry, it is time to turn off the oven. Afterwards, let it cool in the same oven for ten minutes with the door open and the oven off. The cake will now be ready to prepare the chocolate glaze.

Preparing the chocolate glaze

1. The first thing we will do is to chop the chocolate with a very sharp knife. We must break it into very small pieces. We will also take the opportunity to chop the butter.
2. We will place the cake on a rack, with a large plate or tray under it. The icing will overflow the cake over the sides, so this is important if we don’t want to make too many messes.
3. Put the cream in a saucepan and heat until it starts to boil. Once it has reached boiling point, remove from the heat and add the chocolate that we had previously chopped. Now it is time to stir the chocolate and cream well with a spatula to ensure that everything melts.
4. When it starts to melt, add the butter and stir constantly to prevent lumps from forming in the chocolate. The final trick is to add two tablespoons of water and stir quickly, trying to mix all the ingredients well.
5. With this, we will have the icing ready. All that remains is to pour it from the saucepan over the middle of our cake and let it drip down the sides little by little. When we have poured all the chocolate, we will use a spatula to spread it over the areas that have not been completely covered.
6. Now we have to let it cool down well so that the glaze is dry and super delicious. For this, a good trick is to leave it for half an hour in the fridge. Once it has cooled, we can decorate our Galician chestnut and almond cake with chocolate glaze to taste. In this case with a little bit of almonds and chestnuts in granules, a mint leaf to give it colour and it is ready to eat. Enjoy!

This cake makes you hungry just thinking about it.

It goes well with a lot of chestnut or chocolate desserts , such as fried flakes , Argentine chocotorta or the exciting chocolate fritters filled with chocolate cream .

We can’t fool anyone: at Walfos we love sweets, chestnuts and enjoying a good dessert. This cake is a perfect combination of all that, and we absolutely love it too.

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Chestnut & Almond Cake with Chocolate Glaze: Easy Recipe for Autumn