N: Nut Cake

As much as I love posting all of my travel photos (there are still a few more to come), it is about time I get back to the original theme of this blog.  I made this nut cake on May 15th which was my last day in Edinburgh before leaving to Portugal. I made it in between all the sorting, packing, and saying my goodbyes so it was vital that the recipe for letter 'N' was quick and painless. This is one of my mother's recipes and with only three ingredients (nuts, eggs, and sweetened condensed milk) it is so easy to execute but still extremely tasty.

The cake has an almost custardy texture and it pairs really well with ice cream (generally vanilla). Most kinds of nuts can be used in this recipe but my mother's recommendations are either almonds or pecans because of their flavour. I decided to go with pecans this time because I didn't have a food processor and I thought they would be easier to chop up.  One probably could use a bag of already ground almonds but then again they might be too fine... Anyways, if you're having a moment where you are feeling a little too preoccupied to do any baking, it doesn't matter, start making this cake!!! :-)

Ingredients:

1 cup (ground) nuts

4 eggs

1 can sweetened condensed milk

Preheat the oven to 375F. Grease a 8-inch springform pan and set aside. Mix all of the ingredients together and pour the batter into the pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes (keep an eye on the cake). Let cool and sprinkle with icing sugar. 

My springform pan wasn't properly sealed and was leaking so I wrapped the bottom up with tin foil.

This is a picture of the final product. Normally I would post this at the start of the blog entry but to be honest it isn't my favourite photo and I feel it is sheer proof of the rush I was in. Normally I would sprinkle the cake with icing sugar because I think it makes a difference with the presentation but I didn't have any left. Also, I only had time to take a photo of the cake at night so the lighting is not great...but don't let this image fool you--it was darrrrn tasty!!