Maryland Black Walnut Cake Food

BLACK WALNUT CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Sift your flour to have it ready. Set aside for now.
• Chop the black walnuts if needed.
• Place the butter in a large mixing bowl.
• Add the lard or shortening.
• Use a mixer to cream butter and shortening together for 3 minutes.
• Gradually add in the light brown sugar, mixing until smooth.
• Gradually add the granulated sugar, mixing until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mix just until combined. Scrape down bowl as needed.
• Add flour, alternating with milk, beginning and ending with flour.
• Add butter nut flavoring, mix just until combined.
• Add the walnut pieces.
• Fold nuts into mixture by hand until combined.
• Grease and flour 3 - 8 inch cake pans.
• Divide batter between the 3 pans.
• Bake at 350F degrees for 20 - 30 minutes, or until cake tests done using a wooden toothpick.
• Remove from oven, place pans on wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes.
• Remove layers from pans, place layers on wire rack to cool completely.
• Black Walnut Butter Cream Frosting Instructions:
• Place the cream cheese, butter and flavoring in a large mixing bowl.
• Cream the ingredients together until smooth.
• Gradually add the confectioners' sugar. Stir slowly to avoid making a mess.
• Spread frosting between layers of cake, on sides, and on top.
• Enjoy!

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.

MARYLAND BLACK WALNUT CAKE - B-H-G

Steps:

• Set oven at at 350°F Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
• Pulse black walnuts in a food processor 8 to 10 times or until finely ground; set aside.
• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add granulated sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add egg yolks and vanilla, beating just until blended.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Beat batter at low speed just until blended after each addition.
• Beat egg whites at medium speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form; fold into batter.
• Fold ground walnuts into batter.
• Spoon batter evenly into pan
• Bake for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.
• Sprinkle evenly with powdered sugar.
• Serve with vanilla ice cream and sliced fresh strawberries, if desired.

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 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.

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.