Tort de frisca cu nuci si caramel / Walnut cake with whipped cream and caramel

Ingrediente / Ingredients

Pentru blat / For cake base

• 5 oua / 5 eggs
• 5 linguri de zahar / 5 tablespoons of sugar
• 3 linguri de faina / 3 tablespoons of flour
• 100 gr nuci macinate / 100 gr ground walnuts
• 1 lingura esenta vanilie / 1 tablespoon vanilla essence 

Pentru crema / For the cream

• 750 ml frisca lichida / 750 ml liquid whipping cream
• 2 pliculete intaritor de frisca / 2  cream hardeners
• 100 gr zahar pudra / 100 gr powdered sugar
• 150 gr zahar / 150 gr sugar
• 1 lingura esenta de vanilie / 1 tablespoon vanilla essence

Mod de preparare / Method of preparation

Blatul / Cake base

1. Se bat albusurile spuma tare cu zaharul. / Beat the egg whites with the sugar till they form peaks.
2. Se adauga galbenusurile unul cate unul, esenta de vanilie si nuca macinata./ Add the yolks one by one, vanilla essence and the ground walnuts.
3. Se pune faina cernuta si se amesteca usor, de jos in sus. / Add the sifted flour and mix it (using the cut and fold technique so as not to lose all the air from the whisked egg whites).
4. Se toarna compozitia intr-o tava de tort unsa si tapetata si se coace 30 – 40 de minute. / Prepare a cake tray by oiling it and dusting it with flour and pour in the mixsture and bake for 30-40 minutes.
5. Se lasa sa se raceasca si se taie in doua./ Let it cool and cut it into two.

Crema

1. Zaharul se caramelizeaza si se intinde pe un fund de lemn uns cu apa. / Caramelize the sugar and spread it over a wooden board lubricated with water.
2. Se lasa sa se intareasca dupa care se sfarama cu un ciocan./ Let it harden and break it with a hammer.
3. Se bate frisca bine cu zaharul pudra si se amesteca cu caramelul zdrobit, esenta de vanilie si intaritorul de frisca. / Beat the whipping cream with the powdered sugar and mix it with the crushed caramel, vanilla essence and the cream hardener.

Ansamblare/Assembling

1. Pe un platou se aseaza o parte de blat si se pune jumatate din crema./ Place a part of the cake base and spread half of the cream.
2. Deasupra aseaza a doua parte de blat si restul de crema imbracandu-l si pe margini./ Place the second part on top and the rest of the cream, dressing it over the edges.
3. Se decoreaza dupa propria dorinta./ And decorate .