Name: Jacqueline den Hollander
Class Year: FF 1984
Country of Residence: Netherlands
Why is this recipe great? What’s its backstory?
A long time ago (I was barely a teenager), our family vacationed in the Dordogne, one of the most beautiful regions of France. And a heaven for food-lovers! Think foie gras, confit de canard, pommes à la sarladaise, truffels and more… One restaurant served a walnut-chocolate cake to die for. It took quite some persuasion but we succeeded in securing the recipe. What did the trick was the fact we too had some walnut trees on our property… Over the years, we have adapted it to our taste. Foremost by reducing the amount of sugar (and it is still very sweet…) and letting go of the chocolate topping (there is a limit to the amount of calories one wants to gobble on one serving…). But go right ahead and indulge if you feel like it!