Chestnut pound cake

Ingredients for pound cake

200g flour

180g sugar

4 eggs

200g butter

1/3 lb chestnuts

To prepare chestnuts

You will need : more than 50g of sugar, yellow food colour

soak chestnuts in hot water for an hour

remove shell and dark skin (with knife)

boil chestnuts in pan with just enough water to cover the nuts for 10 minutes

drain water and put water again, and then boil with sugar and 4-5 drops of yellow food colouring

cook it for 20 minutes

To make pound cake :

separate the yolks from the eggs and save both

beat the whites until firm and add 1/3 of sugar

continue to beat until the sugar is well mixed

In another bowl, beat the egg yolks with the remaining sugar until the mix becomes white

fold in half of the egg whites

add half of the flour by cutting it in

fold in the remaining egg whites

add the rest of the flour by cutting

melt butter and add to the mix, cutting it in

add chestnuts, pour into loaf pan about half full

bake in the oven at 365 degrees for 25-30 minutes

I hope you enjoy!