Hazelnut Layer Cake
A mille crepe cake made with cake layers of hazelnut almond flour and whipped egg, filled with a hazelnut-flavored cream.
Ingredients
Egg yolks
200 g
Whole eggs
125 g
Sugar
200 g
Glucose
25 g
Hazelnut flour
150 g
Almond flour
250 g
Egg whites
300 g
Sugar (for whipping egg whites)
100 g
Butter (softened and melted)
125 g
Gus powder
300 g
Butter (heated)
75 g
Hazelnut paste
37 g
Instructions
1
Yolk Batter
Whip together the egg yolks, whole eggs, sugar, and glucose. Sift in the hazelnut flour and almond flour and fold gently until evenly combined.
2
Whipping Egg Whites
Whip the egg whites with sugar to soft peaks. Gently fold into the yolk batter from step 1, then stream in the softened and melted butter to form the final batter.
3
Baking
Pour the batter into a baking tray, spread it into an even layer, and bake in the oven with top heat at 250°C (about 480°F) and bottom heat off for 5 minutes.
4
Filling
Combine the Gus powder, heated butter, and hazelnut paste and stir together until smooth and evenly mixed.