Black Walnut Cake Food

BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• To make the frosting: in a large mixing bowl, cream butter and cream cheese; gradually add powdered sugar, beating (with an electric mixer) until mixture is light and fluffy.
• Stir in vanilla; set aside.
• To make cake: In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well with an electric mixer at medium speed.
• Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In another bowl, combine buttermilk and soda; stir until soda is dissolved.
• Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
• Mix after each addition.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Add in 1 cup walnuts and coconut; stir well.
• In another bowl, beat egg whites (at room temperature) and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form; fold egg white mixture into batter.
• Pour batter into 3 greased/floured 9-inch round cake pans.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 22-25 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans and let cool completely on wire racks.
• Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
• Press additional chopped walnuts onto sides of cake.

BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing just until the yellow disappears. Combine the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Stir in the vanilla and walnuts, and pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until a knife or toothpick inserted into the crown comes out clean. Cool in the pan for about 15 minutes before turning out of the pan onto a wire rack to cool completely.

WALNUT CAKE WITH AMERICAN FROSTING

Steps:

• Melted butter, for brushing pans
• 7 ounces all-purpose flour
• Pinch salt
• 1 generous teaspoon baking powder
• 7 tablespoons butter, softened
• 8 ounces caster sugar (superfine)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs, separated
• 3 1/2 ounces shelled walnuts, roughly chopped
• 3 1/2 ounces milk
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brush 2 (8-inch) or 3 (7-inch) cake pans or sandwich pans with melted butter, and dust with flour. Line the base of each pan with parchment or greaseproof paper.
• In a bowl, sift the flour with the salt, and baking powder.
• In a large bowl, or in an electric food mixer, cream the butter until soft. Add the sugar, and vanilla extract, and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks, and then stir in the chopped walnuts. Fold in a quarter of the flour and milk into the mixture, alternating each, until they are incorporated.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until they are stiff.
• Stir a quarter of the egg whites into the cake mixture, and then gently fold in the rest. Divide the batter between the tins, making a slight hollow in the center of each so that the cake rises evenly rather than forming a peak.
• Bake in the oven until firm to the touch or until a skewer inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean, about 16 to 20 minutes. Remove the cakes from the oven and allow to sit for 5 minutes, before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
• To make the buttercream filling: Cream the butter until very soft, and then beat in the confectioners' sugar, and the vanilla extract. When the cakes are cool, spread the buttercream filling on one layer, and top with the second layer, sandwiching the layers together.
• Make the American frosting as described below. Spread the American frosting quickly over the cake with a palette knife, regularly dipping the knife into a jug of boiling water to help spread the icing. It sets very quickly at this stage, so speed is essential. Scatter with rose petals, if using, or arrange the walnut halves around the top of the cake, and allow the icing to set until it feels dry on the surface.
• To make the American Frosting: Ensure your cake is ready before you start, as this icing begins to set very quickly. Bring to the boil a saucepan of water large enough to hold a heatproof bowl. Place the egg whites in the bowl and whisk with a hand-held electric beater until very stiff.
• In a separate saucepan over a medium-high heat, dissolve the sugar in the water and boil for 5 to 10 minutes until the liquid is thick and syrupy and has reached the 'thread' stage - when the last few drops that fall from a metal spoon dipped into the syrup come off in one long, quite thick and syrupy thread.
• Pour the boiling syrup over the stiffly beaten egg whites, whisking all the time with the hand-held beater. Place the bowl in the saucepan of simmering water. Continue to whisk over the water for 10 to 15 minutes until the icing is snow white, very thick and meringue-like.
• Spread quickly over the cake with a palette knife, regularly dipping the knife into a jug of boiling water. The icing sets very quickly at this stage, so speed is essential.

BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, toss walnuts with 1/4 cup flour; set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla; mix well., Combine the baking powder, salt and remaining flour; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in the reserved nut mixture., Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, egg whites, water and cream of tartar. With a portable mixer, beat on low speed for 1 minute. Continue beating on low speed over low heat until frosting reaches 160°, about 9 minutes., Pour into the bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer; add vanilla. Beat on high speed until frosting forms stiff peaks, about 7 minutes. Frost the cake.

BLACK WALNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift together flour and baking powder; add alternately to creamed mixture with milk and extracts, beating on low speed just until combined. Fold in nuts. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 325° for about 1 hour 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes before removing from pan to cool completely., In a small bowl, combine frosting ingredients; spread over cake.

BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg yolks all at once.
• Add vanilla.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Set aside 1 cup of the dry ingredients.
• Add the remaning flour mixture and the milk in small portions, alternately, mixing well with each addition, starting and ending with an addition of the dry ingredients.
• Mix together, the reserved flour and the nuts, and stir into the batter,mixing just until blended.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff, but not dry.
• Fold them into the batter.
• Bake in a 9x5 inch greased and floured loaf pan at 350 about 50-60 minutes, or until done.
• Frost with your favorite icing.

BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Beat sugar and butter till creamy.
• Add water and flour, alternating between the two.
• Add baking powder to a bit of flour and mix.
• Add some flour to the nut meats, then add to mix.
• Fold in egg whites last.
• Pour into a 9x13 greased and floured baking pan.
• Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F/180 degrees C. Grease an 8-inch/20-cm round cake pan and line with parchment paper.
• Grind the walnuts together with the breadcrumbs in a food processor. Put the egg whites in a large bowl for whisking. Whisk the yolks and granulated sugar in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water (without letting the bowl touch the water) until they have tripled in volume and become thick, pale and ribbony. Take the yolk mixture off the heat. Scatter the nut mixture over the yolk mixture, along with the chocolate, if using, then drizzle over the butter and espresso. Fold very gently to blend. Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks. Stir a spoonful of whites into the batter to loosen it, and then gently fold in the remainder.
• Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack before flipping the cake out onto a serving plate.
• Decorate with a sifting of confectioners' sugar and a few walnut halves. Some white blossoms look nice, too. Serve small portions of cake with whipped cream and chocolate shavings or with coffee ice cream.

BLACK WALNUT JIFFY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. and butter and flour a 10 x 4-inch (4-quart) tube pan.
• Coarsely chop walnuts. In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. On low speed add flour, salt, and walnuts, beating until combined well, and beat in lemon extract and vanilla. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and beat batter on high speed 5 minutes. Pour batter into tube pan and bake in middle of oven 1 1/4 hours. Cool cake in pan on a rack 30 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.

MOTHER'S WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter, shortening and granulated sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and vanilla. Beat on low speed just until combined. Stir in ground walnuts. , Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter. Add confectioners' sugar; mix well. Beat in vanilla until smooth. Spread frosting between layers and over the top and sides of cake. Sprinkle with walnuts. Refrigerate.

BLACK WALNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Butter and flour a 10" tube pan.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup black walnuts in tube pan and set aside.
• Cream butter and cream cheese, then add sugar beating until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add flour and salt, stirring until well combined.
• Stir in vanilla and remaining black walnuts.
• Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan and cool completely on rack.

BLACK WALNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, instant pudding, eggs, oil and water for 2 minutes using an electric mixer on medium speed. Stir in the ground walnuts. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool in the pan before inverting onto a plate to serve.

BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F, with a rack in the middle. Butter and flour a 9-inch-square cake pan.
• Whisk together the flour, walnuts, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Beat together the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture and the buttermilk alternately in batches, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and mixing until just combined.
• Pour the batter into the cake pan and smooth the top. Bake until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack for 1 hour. Invert the cake over a cake plate and serve.

HEDY'S (CHOCOLATE) BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch square pan or a 10-inch fluted tube pan; set aside.
• In a small bowl stir together the nuts and 2 T flour, set aside.
• In a very large bowl stir granulated sugar, butter, and brown sugar until combined.
• Using a wooden spoon, beat in eggs one at a time.
• Stir in the 2 T rum or milk and vanilla.
• In a medium bowl stir together the flour, the chocolate or carob powder, baking powder, and salt.
• Stir flour mixture into egg mixture with a wooden spoon.
• Gradually stir in milk.
• Fold in the nut mixture.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan.
• Let stand for 1 hour.
• Drizzle with Glaze, if desired.
• Cool completely.
• To make Glaze: In a small bowl combine 1 1/3 C sifted powdered sugar; 2 T butter, melted; and 1 T rum or milk.
• Next, stir in 1 T whipping cream or milk.
• If necessary, add additional milk or cream, 1 t at a time, until it reaches drizzling consistency.