Panama Cake
A recipe from my Czech grandmother. We called it Panama Cake, when it sits proudly on top of a cake board, it resembles a Panama Hat!. The recipe is unusual as it is more of a souffle recipe than a sponge, with no flour at all. Delicious but rich with the 12 eggs you need to make it!
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 5 of 8 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Cake | not in our table | 0 |
| Hazelnut | not in our table | 0 |
| Icing | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- CAKE
- 150g caster sugar
- 90g good quality dark chocolate
- 150g whole hazelnut kernels
- 8 large eggs
- FILLING & ICING
- 150g caster sugar
- 60g good quality dark chocolate
- 150g unsalted butter
- 4 large egg yolks.
- DECORATION
- 100g chopped blanched almonds or whole, skinned hazelnut kernels.