My first contribution - a cake

In Hungary we LOVE cakes! they don't have to be round (that is called torta in Hungarian) but has to pack in lots of flavors. We use nuts, poppyseed and fruits to enhance the taste of sweets. This particular cake has walnuts in it, ground up, incorporated in the batter and the mousse.

The recipe for the Walnut Mousse Cake is the following:

Sponge cake ingredients:  7 eggs, 4 oz (by weight) AP flour, 6 oz sugar, 2 oz ground walnut, 1 tsp baking powder

Separate the eggs, collecting the yolks in a bowl and whipping up the egg whites. When they are at soft peaks, add the sugar slowly then mix in the yolks one by one. When it's fully mixed, take out the mixing bowl and fold in the flour (that has the baking powder mixed in) gently and the ground walnut. Take care not to break up the egg whites. Pour it in a pre-greased and flour-dusted 9x13 pan and bake it at 350F for about 15 minutes. Let it cool, it might sink in a little; don't worry, it won't change the flavor.

Next step the Mousse! The ingredients are:
1/2 cup of milk, 5 oz sugar, 5 oz ground walnut, 2 cups whipping cream (used only half of that box), chocolate for garnish

Mix milk and sugar in a midsize pot and bring it to a short boil so that the sugar would dissolve. Remove from the heat and pour in the walnut; let it cool down. In the meantime, whip the chilled heavy cream until hard peaks will appear and keep it in a cold place until ready to mix. When the walnut cooled down, mix a little whipped cream (1-2 spoonfuls) to loosen the syrup. When it's workable, fold in the rest of the whipped cream gently. You can put it in the fridge to cool some more. When the dough is totally cooled spread the mousse on top of it evenly. Shred the chocolate onto the mousse and keep in fridge to set. When ready, carefully cut slices with serrated knife. Enjoy!