Saturday, April 18, 2015

Walnut butter cake


                                                            A very quick-mix cake.
                                                            Rich topping, lots of walnuts.                                            


Recipe from Womens' weekly
Ingredient
125g butter, chopped
220g castor sugar ( I reduced to 190g)
3 eggs
150g self-raising flour
35g plain flour
60ml milk
240g chopped walnuts


Rich Chocolate Glace Icing
90g dark chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
60ml water
320g icing sugar mixture, approximately

Method
Combine chocolate, oil and water in medium saucepan, stir over low heat until chocolate is melted. Gradually beat in enough sifted icing sugar to give a smooth, spreading consistency.
ready to be baked
whipped cream 

rich chocolate glace icing

Method
Grease 23cm square cake pan, cover base with baking paper.
Pre-heat oven to 180C.
Combine butter,sugar, eggs, flours and milk in a bowl.
Beat on low speed until ingredients all combined.
Beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth and changed in colour.
Stir in nuts.
Spread mixture into prepared pan.
Bake for about 40 minutes.
Turn onto wire rack to cool.



Additional extra (optional): 
Split cold cake, fill with whipped cream.
Top with rich Chocolate glace icing.
Sprinkle with extra walnuts.













































1 comment:

Kaleb said...

Thoughtful blog, thanks for posting