Best Mexican Wedding Cakes Food

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKE

Steps:

• SIFT TOGETHER flour, soda, and sugar, and then add pecans.
• Next add slightly beaten eggs and the crushed Pineapples.
• Pour batter into a 9x13 cake pan that has been greased and flour.
• Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees; cake will be dark.
• While cake is still hot, using a fork punch holes in top of cake.
• Mix icing with mixer until smooth and spread on cake while it is still hot!
• Let cake cool and serve.
• Enjoy!

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• In a food processor, pulse pecans, flour, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and salt until mixture resembles coarse meal; add butter and pulse until a dough forms. Shape dough into a disk, and wrap tightly in plastic; refrigerate until firm, 30 to 60 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Pinch off and roll dough into balls, each equal to 1 level tablespoon. Space 1 1/2 inches apart on two large baking sheets. Bake, switching sheets from top to bottom halfway through, until cookies are just golden around edges, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Cool 5 minutes on sheets; transfer to a rack to cool completely. Place confectioners' sugar in a bowl. Roll cookies in sugar twice to coat thoroughly, tapping off excess.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Mix all the ingredients together with a mixer until well blended. Roll dough into round small balls.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes.
• Cool completely then roll in additional confectionary sugar.

MEXICAN WEDDING COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325˚ F. Beat the butter and granulated and confectioners' sugars in a standing mixer until fluffy. Add the egg yolks, almond extract and orange zest and beat to combine. Whisk together the all-purpose and almond flours, the baking powder and salt in a separate bowl; add to the butter mixture and stir to thoroughly combine. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Remove the dough from the refrigerator. Scoop and shape the dough into teaspoon-sized balls and transfer to parchment paper-lined baking sheets, leaving room in between. Bake, rotating halfway through, for 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool, then toss with confectioners' sugar to coat. Store at room temperature in a covered container.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Cooking tip: For packing a variety of cookies in tins, place these in muffins papers to keep them from getting powdered sugar over different types of cookies.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Mix together 1/2 cup powdered sugar with the butter and vanilla and beat till fluffy.
• Mix flour with the salt, then add flour 1/2 cup at a time, then add the almonds, stirring until a nice dough forms.
• Make 1-inch balls of the dough and place on an ungreased cookie sheet about 1-inch apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven about 15-18 minutes or until set (don't let them brown).
• Remove from cookie sheets, cool 1 minute, then roll in some powdered sugar.
• Allow to cool 10-15 minutes (sugar will get damp) and reroll in the sugar.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Grease and flour 13 x 9 baking pan and preheat the oven to 350*F. Mix all the cake ingredients together by hand and then pour the mixture into the pan. Bake for 40 minutes, when the top of the cake springs back when lightly touched.
• 2. Mexican Wedding Cake Cream Cheese Frosting: 1 cup sugar 1 stick of butter, softened 8 ounces of cream cheese 1 tsp. vanilla Cream the icing ingredients together, and then ice the cake when it is cooled. This recipe makes one sheet cake with 20 to 24 servings.

FAVOURITE MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES - PECAN COOKIE BALLS!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the confectioners sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and salt; beat until well blended. Stir in flour and pecans.
• Shape into 1-inch balls. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake 15 minutes. Remove from baking sheets. Immediately roll hot cookies in the confectioners sugar. Place sugared cookies on wire racks to cool.
• When cool, roll again in sugar at least once but I like to do it twice for a better finish.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Pulse the nuts in a food processor fitted with a steel blade until half of them look finely chopped and the rest look pulverized.
• Transfer to another bowl and set aside.
• Wipe the bowl of the FP with a paper towel to remove any excess nut oil.
• Put the granulated sugar in the bowl and process until powdery.
• Add the flour and salt and pulse just to mix.
• Add the butter chunks, vanilla and egg yolk.
• Process until the mixture looks damp and begins to clump together.
• Add the nuts and pulse until combined.
• Transfer dough to another bowl, cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours, preferably overnight, or up to a few days.
• Preheat the oven to 325.
• Shape barely more than level tablespoons of dough into 1 1/4" balls or crescent shapes.
• Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets (ungreased).
• Bake for 22- 24 minutes or until lightly colored on top and golden brown on bottom.
• Rotate the cookie sheets halfway through the baking time to ensure even baking.
• When the cookies are done, let them cool on the pans for 5 minutes, then gently roll each hot cookie in powdered sugar to coat.
• Cool completely on a rack before storing.
• If desired, you can roll each cookie in powdered sugar again once completely cooled for more even coating.
• Cookies may be stored, airtight, for at least 2 weeks.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• In a food processor, pulse pecans, flour, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and salt until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add butter, and pulse until a dough forms. Shape dough into a disk, and wrap tightly in plastic; refrigerate until firm, 30 to 60 minutes. Dough can be frozen, tightly wrapped, up to 3 months.
• Preheat oven to 325°F, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Scoop off level tablespoons of dough, and roll into balls. Space 1 1/2 inches apart on two large baking sheets. Bake, rotating sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through, until just lightly golden around edges, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Cool 5 minutes on sheets; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Place confectioners' sugar in a bowl. Roll cookies in sugar twice to coat thoroughly, tapping off excess each time. Cookies can be stored up to 1 week at room temperature in an airtight container, between layers of waxed or parchment paper.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Crème the butter with the cup of sugar and vanilla.
• Mix flour, nuts, and salt.
• Add the mixture of flour, and salt to the butter.
• Form small balls.
• Put on un-greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 325 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until lightly brown.
• Roll in confectioner's sugar while the cookies are still warm.
• Enjoy!

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Cream butter, the 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla.
• Combine flour and pecans.
• Stir into butter mixture.
• Shape dough into 1 inch balls. place on ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake in 325 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes until lightly browned.
• Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack.
• Roll again in powdered sugar.
• Sprinkle with additional chopped pecans if desired.