Hazelnut And Strawberry Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 ounce dry yeast
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• strawberry jam
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar, mixed with
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup finely chopped hazelnuts

Recipe

• 1 sift the flour and salt into a warm mixing bowl and make a hollow in the centre.
• 2 warm the milk, add the yeast and 1 teaspoon of the sugar, and leave until frothy, about 10 minutes.
• 3 pour into the hollow and mix to a soft batter with some of the surrounding flour.
• 4 cover the bowl with a cloth and stand in a warm place until the batter is spongy and full of bubbles.
• 5 cream the butter with the rest of the sugar and add to the flour and the sponge in the bowl.
• 6 mix by hand to a soft dough, using a little more warm milk if required.
• 7 add the cardamom and knead well in the bowl until the dough is smooth and elastic and leaves the sides of the bowl cleanly.
• 8 press the dough in the bottom of the bowl, sprinkle with a little flour, cover the bowl with a cloth, and stand in a warm place until the dough doubles in bulk.
• 9 punch the dough down and knead lightly.
• 10 turn out the dough onto a floured board and divide into 2 pieces.
• 11 shape each piece into a smooth"sausage".
• 12 place one sausage in the bottom of a greased 8-inch tube pan.
• 13 make a hollow in the centre and fill with strawberry jam.
• 14 sprinkle with half of the sugar/cinnamon mixture and half the chopped nuts.
• 15 cover with the second sausage of dough, spread with strawberry jam, and sprinkle with the remaining sugar and nuts.
• 16 stand, covered, in a warm place until the dough rises almost to the top of the pan.
• 17 bake in a 400 degree f oven for 20 minutes, reduce the temperature to 350 degrees f, and bake for a further 20 minutes.
• 18 cool on a wire rack.
• 19 serve with whipped cream.