Easy Lemon Cake With Walnuts Recipes

LEMON WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Generously grease a 12-cup bundt cake pan.
• Dot rounded side of walnut or pecan halves with butter; arrange in flutes on side and bottom of pan.
• Blend cake mix (dry), egg yolks, water, confectioner's sugar, 1/2 cup butter, and vanilla in a large mixer bowl on low speed, scraping bowl constantly, until moistened, about 1/2 minute.
• Beat on medium speed, scraping bowl frequently, 3 minutes.
• Do Not Overbeat!
• Beat egg whites until stiff; fold into batter.
• Carefully pour batter into pan.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes on wire rack.
• Remove pan; cool cake completely.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.

WALNUT AND LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C (350F).Butter 10-inch(26 cm) springform pan(with a removable base), and dust with flour.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until well mixed. Add walnuts, lemon zest and flour and mix well.
• Separate egg yolks form egg whites. Whip egg whites until foamy and form stiff peaks. Fold in egg whites into butter mixture.
• Mix egg yolks with sugar until thick, creamy and pale yellow colored.
• Pour the butter mixture into prepared pan and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and add yolks mixture on top of the cake and bake for another 15 minutes.
• To prepare chocolate glaze melt the chocolate over a bain-marie until smooth. Stir in butter and heavy cream until well blended. Use immediately, pour over the cake.

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.

SIMPLE LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
• Beat sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract.
• Sift flour and baking powder together in a separate bowl; add to creamed mixture. Pour in milk, lemon zest, and lemon juice and mix until you achieve a smooth batter. Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

WALNUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the cream cheese, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in walnuts. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan., For the topping, combine the flour, sugar and cinnamon; cut in butter until coarse crumbs form. Stir in walnuts. Sprinkle over coffee cake. , Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm.

EXTREME LEMON WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• Finely grate the peel from ONE lemon, and squeeze out the juice from ONE lemon; set aside.
• With an electric mixer beat the butter, 1-1/2 cups sugar, and the lemon extract (if using) until light and fluffy for about 4-5 minutes (no less than 4 minutes, no sugar granules should remain in the creamed mixture!).
• Crack eggs open in a dish, making certain that there are no shells.
• Add in a couple at a time to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition(beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes).
• In a small bowl, mix the flour with baking powder.
• Add in 1 cup at a time to the creamed mixture; beat until well combined.
• Stir in chopped walnuts.
• Transfer the batter to prepared cake pan.
• Bake for 40 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• While the cake is baking, prepare the syrup.
• Combine remaining 2 cups sugar with 2 cups water.
• Slice remaining lemon into wedges.
• Squeeze out the juice into sugar/water, the drop in a couple wedges.
• Bring to a boil; boil 5 minutes.
• Remove lemon wedges.
• When cake has finished baking, pour the hot lemon syrup over warm cake.
• Cool cake and serve with vanilla ice cream.
• Delicious!

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.

EASY LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Combine gelatin mix and cake mix. Mix well.
• Add next 4 ingredients - oil, eggs, water and lemon extract. Mix lightly.
• Bake according to instructions on back of cake box.
• To Make Frosting: Combine confectioners' sugar and lemon juice.
• When cake is done, and while still hot, ice with frosting.