Walnut cake with armagnac

Preparation: 10 minutes
Baking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients (for 6 people):
150 g Grenoble walnuts (without shell)
40g flour
3 eggs (available in our store)
150g powdered sugar
100g butter

(available in our store)
2 tbsp Armagnac AOC
1 pinch of salt

Preparation:
Chop the nuts finely and mix with half of the powdered sugar. Mix the other half of the sugar with the soft butter. Now add the nut-sugar mixture, then one by one the eggs, salt, flour and Armagnac.

Grease a 22 cm diameter tart pan with butter, place the dough on top and bake at 200°C for about 30 minutes. The cake is ready when it is slightly golden brown and still moist on the inside.

You can serve the cake with a cream of your choice, drizzle with caramel or chocolate sauce, decorate with halves of nuts or even fruit. Whatever you like is allowed!

It can be stored in the refrigerator for several days and can also be easily frozen.

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Recipe for a quick caramel sauce: Heat 100 g sugar and 2 tablespoons water together. When everything is nice and brown, add 30 g butter and 50 g cream.