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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Toast the almonds under the grill / broiler until lightly browned; place in a bowl. | 2. Toast the hazelnuts until the skins split. Place on a dry tea towel and rub off the skins. | 3. Roughly chop the hazelnuts and add to the almonds with the mixed peel. | 4. Chop the apricots and pineapple fairly finely, add to the nuts with the orange rind; mix well. | 5. Sift the flour with the cocoa and cinnamon, add to the nut mixture and mix evenly. | 6. Line a round 8" cake tin or deep loose base flan tin with baking parchment. | 7. Put the sugar and honey into a saucepan; heat until the sugar dissolves, then boil gently for approximately 5 minutes or until mixture thickens & begins to turn a deeper shade of brown. | 8. Quickly add to the nut mixture and mix evenly. turn into the prepared tin & level the top using the back of a damp metal spoon. | 9. Cook in a preheated oven, 150°°C / 300F for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and leave in the tin until cold. Remove from the tin and carefully peel off the paper. | 10. Before serving, dredge the cake heavily with the icing sugar. Serve in very thin slices as this is an incredibly rich cake! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
almond	4	ounces	skinless split	1002.4381	0.0	0.0	113.398
hazelnut	4	ounces		150.8193	22.6796	0.0	7.5636
peel	3	ounces	cut mixed	39.9728	13.6078	1.2757	0.2551
glace pineapple	2	ounces	crystallized	50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
apricot	2	ounces		27.2155	6.3049	0.7938	0.2211
orange zest	1		grated	50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
plain flour	2	ounces		50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
cocoa powder	2 1/2	tablespoons		30.78	7.8165	2.6460000000000004	1.8495
cinnamon	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
caster sugar	3 1/2 - 4	ounces		50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
honey	4	ounces		206.388	2.4721	21.0697	11.907
confectioner ' sugar				50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.