Învârtită cu nucă: Romanian walnut cake

Today we’re going to present a dessert of Romanian origin: Învârtită cu nucă, a walnut cake rolled up on itself. The Învârtită is certainly a very scenic and tasty dessert, yet simple to prepare. The first time we’ve tried it, we marveled: it is a slightly sweeten bread dough, which encloses chopped walnuts and brown sugar, no spices at all; but the taste is so intense, the perfect way to start a day with an healthy breakfast 🙂 .

invartita cu nuca romanian walnut cake

We have not been to Romania yet, but we tasted this not very far from home… At Koru Kafé in Aosta, a small bar in via Monte Grivola. We wanted to thank Anna and Paola, the friendly owners for having made us taste the Învârtită, but also for providing us the recipe 😀 . If you get there, maybe you’ll be lucky enough to taste this cake yourself 🙂 .


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Învârtită cu nucă - Romanian walnut cake

Cuisine Egg free, Gluten free, Lactose free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 10 people
Difficulty Easy

Ingredients

For the dough

  • 350 g of flour
  • 150 g of Manitoba flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 2 tablespoons of brown sugar
  • 15 g of fresh yeast
  • 250 ml of water

For the filling

  • 250 g of nuts
  • 150 g of brown sugar

Instructions

For the dough

  1. Combine the flour, sugar, salt and yeast;with a whisk break all the lumps.
  2. Add the water, a little warmed up, a bit at a time until you get a bread dough consistency. Cover with a cloth and let rise for one hour.

For the filling

  1. Chop the walnuts and mix them with sugar.

Composition

  1. Divide the dough into two halves, roll it out in a very thin rectangles (about 35 cm * 25 cm).
  2. Sprinkle the dough with the walnut filling.
  3. Wrap them from the longer side, and place the two rolls in a baking pan forming a spiral (the second roll must start where the first ends).
  4. Brush the surface of the cake with the oil, preferably rice or seeds; sprinkle with brown sugar.
  5. Bake the Învârtită at 180 °C for 40 minutes.
  6. Once ready, remove it from the pan and let cool covered with a cloth.

 

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