Hungry for Walnuts – Hungarian Walnut Torte🇭🇺

Ohhh yes! 🇭🇺🍰 The Hungarian Walnut Torte (Diós Torta) is a rich, nutty, flourless-style cake made with ground walnuts, eggs, and sugar, often layered with cream or chocolate filling. It’s a true Central European classic—simple but elegant, and packed with walnut flavor.


Hungarian Walnut Torte (Diós Torta)

Ingredients (for an 8–9 inch cake)

For the Cake:

  • 6 large eggs, separated
  • ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
  • 2 cups (200 g) finely ground walnuts
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt

For the Filling/Frosting (choose one):

  • Traditional: lightly sweetened whipped cream or buttercream
  • Optional chocolate version:
    • 1 cup heavy cream
    • 200 g semisweet chocolate, chopped
    • 2 tbsp powdered sugar (optional)

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