Walnut Cake With Coffee Cream

Ingredients

2 ts butter
2 ts flour
4 egg whites
3 egg yolks
3 tb icing sugar
4 fl oz fl strong coffee
2 fl madeira
10 fl oz fl cream
1 walnut crystallized flowers
1/2 walnuts
20 mins

Instructions

Make the coffee cream. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar in a heatproof bowl until light and creamy. Add the coffee and place the bowl over a pan of hot water. Beat the mixture until it has thickened. Beat in the chocolate. Stir in the Madeira or port. Allow to cool, stirring occasionally. Whip the cream and mix it into the cold coffee mixture. Spread the cream over the cake. Put the cake in the freezer for 2 hours. Take the cake out of the freezer shortly before serving and garnish with walnuts and crystallized flowers. by: Sue Rykmans. ----