Fluffy Walnut Cake

Friday, September 21, 2007 posted by Cookie
  • ¾ cup matzo meal
  • ¾ cup potato starch
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1 ¾ cups sugar
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1 ½ cup ground walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
  • 6 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Mix the matzo meal, potato starch and salt together.

Beat the egg yolks until thick; gradually add the sugar, beating till lemon colored. Add the matzo meal mixture alternately with the orange juice. Fold in the walnuts and lemon rind, and then the egg whites. Turn into a 9 inch tube pan.

Bake in a 325 degree oven for 1 hour or until brown and the cake shrinks away from the sides of the pan. Cool on a cake rack. Serves 6 to 8.


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