Brazil nut turrón
Author: Peru Delights
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 8 - 10
- 4 eggs
- ¾ cup butter, melted
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups Brazil nuts, grated or finely chopped
- 2 - 3 cups manjarblanco (dulce de leche)
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
- In a bowl beat eggs and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add melted butter.
- Add flour and baking powder and beat on low speed. Then add grated Brazil nuts, stirring with a spatula.
- Have 2 round baking pans ready, oiled and lined at the bottom with parchment paper.
- Pour the batter into the pans and bake for 25 minutes.
- Cool on racks. Unmold and when completely cool, cover one cake with manjarblanco.
- Put the other cake on top, and cover the whole two-layered cake with more manjarblanco.
- To decorate, make lines all over the outer layer of manjarblanco with the tines of a fork.
Recipe by PERU DELIGHTS at https://perudelights.com/brazil-nut-turron/
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