All Season Chestnut Cake

Name: All Season Chestnut Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup chestnut flour, sifted; 1 cup AP flour; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp kosher salt; 2 tsp cardamom; 2 tsp nutmeg; Zest of 1 🍋; 1 cup cane sugar; 12 tbsp unsalted butter; 1 tsp vanilla; 1/2 cup chestnut honey; 3 whole eggs; 1 cup sultanas (golden raisins soaked in either water or dry Marsala wine; 10 oz. graham crackers; 6 tpsp melted butter; Pinch kosher salt

Jim Kennedy @jimkmaus

Typically, chestnut cake has been the reserve of the fall season, when chestnuts ripen and fall from their trees.

This recipe is good all year as the mix of flours makes for a lighter, flavorful crumb. It is different in style from the traditional Tuscan Castagnaccio, which uses just the chestnut flour and is much more dense.

Notes: Make sure to sift the chestnut flour, as it clumps easily. Also, make sure to store your flour either in the refrigerator, or in a cool, dark place as it is fragile and will spoil if not handled with care.

Typically, chestnut cake has been the reserve of the fall season, when chestnuts ripen and fall from their trees.

Jim Kennedy @jimkmaus

Typically, chestnut cake has been the reserve of the fall season, when chestnuts ripen and fall from their trees.

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Ingredients

1 cupchestnut flour, sifted
1 cupAP flour
1 1/2 tspbaking powder
1/2 tspbaking soda
1 tspkosher salt
2 tspcardamom
2 tspnutmeg
Zest of 1 🍋
1 cupcane sugar
12 tbspunsalted butter
1 tspvanilla
1/2 cupchestnut honey
3whole eggs
1 cupsultanas (golden raisins soaked in either water or dry Marsala wine
10 oz.graham crackers
6tpsp melted butter
Pinchkosher salt

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Steps

1

Cover sultanas with water, or marsala (optional). Let stand for 30 minutes.
2

Preheat oven to 325º.
3

Butter a 9" springform pan, coat with AP flour.
4

Sift chestnut flour into a large mixing bowl
5

Add AP flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cardamom, and nutmeg. Whisk and set aside.
6

Drain the sultanas, reserve the liquid separately.
7

In a stand mixer, cream together the sugar and butter.
8

Add the vanilla, chestnut honey, and 1 tbsp reserved Marsala (if using) on low speed.
9

Add eggs, one at a time until thoroughly mixed in.
10

Add half the dry ingredients, mix well. Add the 2nd half.
11

Add the sultanas, combine.
12

Bake in oven for 45 minutes.
13

After 45 minutes, check on doneness. If the top of the cake is browning too quickly, cover with foil to prevent scorching.
14

Cake is done when a toothpick comes out cleanly.
15

Remove from oven, place on cooling rack.
16

Let cake cool completely in the pan.
17

Serve with whipped cream flavored with a tbsp of the reserved Marsala.