Ticino chestnut cake with orange

Name: Ticino chestnut cake with orange
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Swiss
Ingredients: 200 g cooked, peeled chestnuts (vacuum-packed or boiled); 60 g Swiss milk; 110 g eggs (2 medium Swiss eggs, without shell); 50 g sugar; 40 g ground almonds; 40 g melted Swiss butter; 2.5 g grated zest of untreated orange (half an orange); 0.5 g salt; For the tin: 5 g butter and 5 g sugar

In short: Chestnut cake from the Ticino tradition: blended chestnuts, whipped eggs, almonds and butter, soft and moist inside. Flour-free, with orange zest. Chestnuts, Ticino's autumn product.

Serves: 4. 55 minutes.

Castagna, Uovo svizzero, Latte svizzero, Burro svizzero

Ingredients

200 g cooked, peeled chestnuts (vacuum-packed or boiled)
60 g Swiss milk
110 g eggs (2 medium Swiss eggs, without shell)
50 g sugar
40 g ground almonds
40 g melted Swiss butter
2.5 g grated zest of untreated orange (half an orange)
0.5 g salt
For the tin: 5 g butter and 5 g sugar

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Updated on 27 October 2026