I made my mom her favorite cake yesterday since she will be
88 years old on Saturday. Josh and I are
going over today and doing some power washing for her today and taking her the
cake. Her favorite cake is black
walnut. I used to be able to get black
walnuts in Maquoketa at Fareways, but they can’t even order them now. So thanks to the internet and me thinking
ahead, I order them of all places from Amazon.com. I’m cutting the recipe in half because she
can’t eat a whole cake. This recipe is
for a 3 layered cake that I used to make for her birthday party. She doesn’t have to share this year. Here is what you will need for this decadent
cake in case you want to try it:
2 stick butter
2 cups sugar
5 egg yolks*
5 egg whites*
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped black walnuts
½ tsp. black walnut extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
With an electric mixer beat the egg whites until stiff peaks
form and set aside.
In a separate mixing bowl, cream the butter, shortening and
sugar together. Add the eggs yolks and
mix well. Mix the flour, baking soda and
salt. Add the milk and flour
alternately to the mixture and blend, don't over beat this, but make sure it is
well incorporated. Add the vanilla and
nuts.
Fold in the beaten egg whites.
Pour the mixture into 3 greased and floured cake pans (9
inch works best). Place in oven and
bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Let them
stand and cool about 15 minutes before trying to remove from pans.
Butter Cream Frosting
I like to frost the cake with a butter cream frosting, but
you could also do a cream cheese frosting if you like. Again, since I cut the cake recipe in half, I also cut the
frosting recipe in half.
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups frozen whipped topping
In a standing mixer fitted with a whisk, mix together sugar
and butter. Mix on low speed until well blended and then increase speed to
medium and beat for another 3 minutes.
Add vanilla and continue to beat on medium speed for 1
minute more. Fold in the thawed whipped
topping until well blended. This
lightens up the frosting.
Sprinkle the black walnut on the top and sides.
Variation – If you do not want to order black walnuts, use
regular walnuts instead.
Mom also loves coconut and this could be turned into a
coconut cake easy enough. Add a cup of
coconut in place of the walnuts and leave out the extract. Add a cup of coconut milk instead of
milk. After frosting your cake, sprinkle
the sides and top with coconut. You
could also combine the coconut and walnuts and make a coconut walnut cake.
If you don’t want a 3 layer cake, do what I did and cut the
recipe in ½ and put in a 9 x 9 inch cake pan and bake for 30 minutes.
* If you are cutting the recipe in half, I used 3 egg whites
and 3 egg yokes. It will make it even
lighter.
Happy birthday mom. I
am so blessed. Have a great day, be
happy and may God bless my mom, you and yours.
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