AMARETTO CREAM FILLED CAKE (ZUCCOTTO RIPIENO)
Ingredients
- ¼ cup light rum
- 1 1/3 cup whipping cream
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup almonds, blanched, chopped, toasted
- 1oz unsweetened chocolate, grated
Directions
- Directions
- Bake hazelnuts in ungreased baking pan at 400 for 5 minutes or until skins begins to crack. Wrap hazelnuts in clean towel, let stand 2 minutes.
- Rub hazelnuts in towel to remove skins, chop hazelnuts. Return to baking pan, bake about 8 minutes until golden brown, stirring occasionally. Cool. Cut 4-inch circle from cake. Cut remaining cake into 1-inch pieces.
- Mix together Amaretto and rum and sprinkle over cake. Line large bowl with waxed paper. Butter waxed paper.
- Place cake circle on bottom of bowl. Line side of bowl three fourths of the cake pieces. Beat together whipping cream and powdered sugar in chilled medium bowl until stiff.
- Fold in hazelnuts, almonds and chocolate. Spoon filling into cake lined bowl. Place remaining cake pieces on filling.
- Cover and refrigerate 2 hours. Invert onto serving plate. Remove bowl and waxed paper. Sprinkle with additional grated chocolate if desired.

