European Recipe √ Viennese Chocolate-Nut Cake

Hazelnuts or walnuts are traditionally used for this chocolaty nut cake, or a mixture. You don't need any baking powder. It's a cake associated with lots of tradition in our family.

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cups margarine
• 1 ¼ cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 1 cup ground hazelnuts
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan.
2. Cream margarine and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Mix flour, cornstarch, hazelnuts, and cocoa powder in a separate bowl and quickly mix into the margarine mixture. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely before dusting with confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts

• calories511.7
• carbohydrateContent51.4 g
• cholesterolContent65.5 mg
• fatContent33 g
• fiberContent2.8 g
• proteinContent6.4 g
• saturatedFatContent5.3 g
• sodiumContent289.6 mg
• sugarContent26.8 g