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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> Canadian >> Canadian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For cake: In bowl, sift ¾ cup of the sugar with the flour; in large bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form; beat in almond extract and remaining sugar, 2 tblsps at a time, until stiff and glossy peaks form; sift flour mixture over top, ¼ at a time, gently folding in after each addition; fold in chopped pecans; scrape into ungreased 10-inch (4L) tube pan; run spatula through batter to eliminate any large air pockets; smooth top. | 2. Bake in centre of preheated 350F (180C) oven until top springs back when lightly touched, 45-60 minutes; invert pan; let stand on legs attached to pan, or set on bottle or funnel, until cooled completely. | 3. For caramel sauce: In saucepan, bring butter and half of cream to boil; add sugar and remaining cream; return to boil; reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes; remove from heat; set aside to cool to room temperature. | 4. Remove cake from pan; cut into 3 layers; in large bowl, whip cream, icing sugar and vanilla; place bottom cake layer, cut side up, on flat cake plate; using piping bag fitted with star tip, fill hole of cake with whipped cream mixture; pipe border on top around edge; pour ¼ cup (50mL) of the caramel sauce inside border; repeat layers once; top with remaining cake layer, cut side down. | 5. Spread 3 cups (750mL) of the cream mixture over top and side; pipe rosette in centre; pipe border around edge; spread thin layer of caramel sauce inside border; garnish with pecan halves. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
whipping cream	3	cups		1051.2	10.655999999999999	7.812	111.27600000000001
icing sugar	1/3	cup		-	-	-	-
vanilla	2	teaspoons		24.191999999999997	1.0626	0.005	0.005
pecan half	16		toasted	-	-	-	-
sugar	1 1/2	cups		1208.97	302.394	0.0	0.0
flour	1	cup		578.28	126.6054	9.401	2.2436
egg white	2	cups		252.72	3.5478	52.974	0.8262
almond extract	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
pecan	1	cup	chopped toasted	286.3467	53.663999999999994	5.8933	6.032
butter	1/4	cup		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
whipping cream	1	cup		1051.2	10.655999999999999	7.812	111.27600000000001
brown sugar	1	cup		836.0	215.798	0.264	0.0

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