Cake

Oma's Nusskuchen, or Grandma's Nutcake

1/18/2015 07:09:00 PM

Oma's Nusskuchen

First recipe of the year! I baked this cake last week, and we loved it so much that I baked it again last night! I adapted this recipe for Oma's Nusskuchen ("Grandma's Nutcake") from one on the Dr. Oetker website - essentially it's a butter cake, with added almond meal and chopped chocolate.

Chopped chocolate

Batter in the loaf tin

It's a lovely, simple cake, with a light vanilla fragrance. It's slightly dense, quite like a pound cake, with a moist nuttiness from the almond meal. It's the type of thing you can leave on the counter and keep going back to throughout the week.

Omas Nusskuchen

The first time I baked it, I accidentally took it out too soon, so it was crazy moist in the centre - oops. It tends to brown before it's cooked all the way through, so I suggest covering it with foil halfway through the cooking time.

Super Moist

It's nice for afternoon tea, or even for breakfast, if you're the type of person who eats cake for breakfast. (Spoiler alert: I am totally the type of person who eats cake for breakfast).

Breakfast!

Enjoy!
Omas Nusskuchen, or Grandma's Nutcake
Adapted from Dr. Oetker

Ingredients
250 grams unsalted butter, softened
175 grams caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
4 eggs
200 grams plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
100 grams chocolate (milk or dark, as you prefer), finely chopped
200 grams almond meal

Method
Preheat the oven to 180C, and line a loaf tin with baking paper. (My loaf tin is 29cm x 14cm x 7.5cm).
Beat the butter in an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Gradually add the caster sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla extract and salt.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, and scraping down the sides of the bowl as you go. (The mixture may look curdled but will come together after you add the flour).
Speaking of which... sift together the flour and baking powder, and mix into the butter mixture using a wooden spoon.
Stir in the chopped chocolate and almond meal.
Scrape the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and smooth out the top.
Bake for 60-75 minutes, or until cooked when tested with a skewer. (Check the cake at 45 minutes, and cover with foil if it is browning too quickly).
Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

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3 comments

  1. Ok you're going to laugh at me but I thought for a second that your Grandmother was European (from the title) and I was thinking, "I had no idea that Sarah was part European!" :P

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  2. This cake sounds amazing. I tend to get lazy when chopping chocolate and just throw in whole squares but I know Grandma would never do that :)

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  3. Oh yay, I love this kind of simple loaf cake. It's dangerous though, when I bake something like this, I somehow end up taking a thick slice to work for morning tea every day, then having a slice when I get home at night as well!

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