Sunday, April 27, 2014

Apricot Pecan Cake // Bolo de Alperce e Nozes Pecan


Last weekend was so great (as those of you who follow me on Instagram may have noticed). We went to Bairro Alto, listened to fado in Alfama, saw the sights in Sintra and Cascais...  

In fact, the weekend was so great, I needed this weekend to get a rest (does that only happen to me: needing a break after the break?).

But it's also 6 months since we moved here, so yesterday I slowly started to take out of the boxes a few things we should have organized months ago.


And of course I needed fuel, so I baked a cake first: an apricot pecan cake. Here's the recipe, which I found here, and adapted.



Ingredients:

200g dried apricots
water
250g pecan halves
200g butter, softened
200g Sores muscovado sugar
4 eggs, beaten
a pinch of salt
140g flour


Put the dried apricots in a saucepan and fill it with water so it just covers the apricots. Let it boil for about 5 minutes. Drain and blend them in a food processor until it becomes a paste.


Chop 100g of pecan halves.

Beat the butter and sugar until it is creamy. Add the apricot paste, chopped pecans, beaten eggs and a pinch of salt, and beat.

Finally, fold in the flour with a spoon.


Butter the cake tin and spoon in the cake mixture. Align the remaining pecan halves around the top of the cake.


Bake it to 180ºC for about 40 minutes.


Enjoy!
O fim de semana passado foi tão bom (como os que me seguem no Instagram devem ter reparado). Fomos ao Bairro Alto, ouvimos fado em Alfama, demos uns passeios por Sintra e Cascais...

O fim de semana foi tão bom, que precisei deste fim de semana para descansar (isso só me acontece a mim: precisar de férias depois das férias?).

Mas já passaram 6 meses depois de termos mudado para esta casa, por isso ontem comecei lentamente a tirar de caixotes coisas que já devíamos ter organizado há meses.

E claro que precisava de combustível, por isso fiz um bolo primeiro: um bolo de alperce e nozes pecan. Aqui fica a receita, que encontrei aqui e que adaptei.


Ingredientes:

200g alperces secos
água
250g metades de nozes pecan
200g manteiga, amolecida
200g açúcar mascavado Sores
4 ovos batidos
uma pitada de sal
140g farinha


Coloquem os alperces secos numa caçarola e encham-na com água suficiente para cobrir os alperces. Levem a ferver durante cerca de 5 minutos. Escoem a água e triturem os alperces até se formar uma pasta.

Piquem 100g de metades de nozes pecan.

Batam a manteiga e o açúcar até ficar cremoso. Adicionem a pasta de alperce, as nozes pecan picadas, os ovos batidos e uma pitada de sal, e batam.

Finalmente, envolvam a farinha com uma colher.

Barrem a forma e com a ajuda de uma colher encham-na com a massa. Alinhem as restantes metades de nozes pecan à volta do topo do bolo.

Levem a cozer a 180ºC durante cerca de 40 minutos.

Bom apetite!



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18 comments:

  1. Que bolo delicioso! Perfeito para acompanhar uma chávena de chá e, de certeza, para dar energia :)
    Beijinhos

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    1. É, pois. Só o doce do alperce a contrastar com as nozes tostadas, já dão energia positiva suficiente para uma semana inteira. Digo eu. ;) Beijinhos e boa semana!

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    1. Thank you, Angie. By the end of the day it had all gone. It was a good thing to take a few photos right after it was done. Have a great week!

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  3. I was looking for a recipe that uses dried apricots, but I couldn't find any! So I used up all my dried apricots in my granola. If only I saw this a week earlier! This looks great!

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    1. Ah, next time you have dried apricots at home, try this recipe and give me your opinion. Have a great week, Cathleen!

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  4. wuau mas que delicia ele esta com um aspecto tao bom adorei essa fatia humm bjs bd

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    1. Obrigada! Este saiu tão gostoso que no próprio dia desapareceu. Nem acredito que nunca tinha comido nozes pecan: já não consigo resistir a nozes pecan tostadas. Boa semana!

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  5. Adoro alperces e adoro nozes pecan! Está aqui uma combinação vencedora :)
    E ficou com um aspecto delicioso, que bom!

    Beijinhos*

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    1. Obrigada! Beijinhos e boa semana!

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    2. Que bolo apetitoso, só apetece provar. Bela receita :)

      http://ummarderecordacoes.blogs.sapo.pt/

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  6. We almost always need a break after a break! But this great cake would certainly be enough to perk us up. ;-) Really nice -- thanks.

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    1. Thanks! I'm on a long weekend now (today's a holiday and I don't have work tomorrow) so I guess I'm on a break from the break of the break now. Oooh tiring! :P

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  7. Hi Alex, very nice cake. Love the moist texture. Great to go with coffee. ))

    Have a nice day.

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    1. Thank you so much, Amelia! Have a great week!

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  9. I love apricot, so naturally, I love this cake.

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  10. Adoro pekan :) Vou experimentar

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