Walnut Honey Cake Recipes

WALNUT HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line the bottom of a 13x9-in. baking pan with parchment; grease paper., Beat sugar and eggs for 10 minutes. Gradually add oil; beat 1 minute. Gradually add honey, and beat 1 minute longer. Add orange zest and orange juice; beat 1 minute more., In another bowl, sift flour with next 5 ingredients. On low speed, beat dry ingredients with egg mixture until combined. Increase speed to medium; beat until well mixed. Fold in half of the walnuts., Pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle with remaining walnuts. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool; if desired, lightly dust with confectioners' sugar. Cut into squares.

WALNUT HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in center. Spread walnut halves in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Toast in oven until fragrant, tossing occasionally, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer nuts to a plate; let cool. Pulse nuts in a food processor until finely chopped, about 10 times. Set aside.
• Butter and flour an 8 1/2-inch spring-form pan; set aside. In a large bowl, combine honey and applesauce; whisk until honey is mostly dissolved. Add eggs, and whisk until fully combined.
• Into a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and ginger. Stir into honey mixture. Using a rubber spatula, fold in walnuts.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake cake until golden brown on top and a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
• Transfer pan to a wire rack; let cool until sides of cake begin to pull away from pan, about 15 minutes. Remove cake from pan, and place on a serving plate. While cake is still warm, use an offset spatula to gently spread remaining honey on top as a thin glaze. Serve warm.

WALNUT, DATE & HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 160C/Gas 3/fan oven 140C. Line the base and long sides of a 900g/2lb loaf tin with greaseproof paper, buttering the tin and paper.
• Tip the flour, cinnamon, butter, sugar, 2 tablespoons of the honey and the eggs into a large mixing bowl. Mash the bananas and chop the dates (kitchen scissors are easiest for this) and add to the bowl. Beat the mixture for 2-3 minutes, using a wooden spoon or hand-held mixer, until well blended.
• Spoon into the prepared tin and level the top. Scatter the walnut pieces over. Bake for 1 hour, then lightly press the top - it will feel firm if cooked. If not, bake for a further 10 minutes.
• Cool for 15 minutes, then lift out of the tin using the paper. When cold, drizzle the remaining honey over. Cut into thick slices.

GREEK HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and orange rind. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 3/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Stir in the walnuts.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool for 15 minutes, then cut into diamond shapes. Pour honey syrup over the cake.
• For the Honey Syrup: In a saucepan, combine honey, 1 cup sugar and water. Bring to a simmer and cook 5 minutes. Stir in lemon juice, bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.

HONEY-WALNUT POUND CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms only of two 8x4-inch or two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• In large bowl, beat cake ingredients on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pans.
• Bake 8-inch loaves 37 to 45 minutes, 9-inch loaves 34 to 42 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In microwavable bowl, microwave uncovered on Medium (50%) 15 seconds. Spread frosting over tops of loaves, allowing some to drizzle down sides. Store loosely covered.

HONEY GLAZED WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9 inch round cake pan. Place the walnuts, flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a food processor and blend until finely chopped. Add the brown sugar and eggs and process until smooth. Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack and cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Turn the cake out of the pan and cool completely on a rack.
• Combine the honey, orange juice, and vanilla in a small saucepan over medium low heat and bring to a boil. Poke the cooled cake all over with a toothpick and brush liberally with the glaze. Slice the cake and serve fresh berries on the side. Wrap the leftovers tightly in plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator for a day or two.

WALNUT HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• For syrup, bring all ingredients to a boil in saucepan.
• Simmer 20 minutes.
• Set aside to cool.
• For cake, cream butter, orange peel, and sugar together until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
• Fold flour mixture into butter mixture, alternating with milk.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 8-inch square pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, or until done.
• Remove cake from oven, cool, and cut into diamonds while in the pan.
• Pour syrup over cake.
• Cool.
• Refrigerate and let soak 24 hours before serving.

LATVIAN HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix together eggs, honey, flour, and baking soda in a large bowl. Spoon 3 to 4 tablespoons of batter onto 5 9x13-inch sheets of parchment paper. Spread the mixture as thin as possible using a wide spatula. There is enough batter for 5 thin layers.
• Place one sheet of batter onto a baking pan and bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the baked cake layer from the baking sheet and prick with a fork to enhance filling absorbency. Repeat with the remaining 4 cake layers.
• Stir together the sour cream and sugar in a small bowl. Place one cake layer in 9x13-inch baking dish with the parchment paper side up. Carefully remove the parchment paper from the cake layer. Spread 1/5th of the sour cream mixture on the cake layer and then sprinkle 1/5th of the walnuts on the layer. Repeat the process with the remaining 4 layers. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Trim off any ragged edges before serving.

MARY SUE MILLIKEN'S HONEY-GLAZED WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a nine-inch round cake plan. Place flour, walnuts, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a food processor and blend until finely chopped. Add brown sugar and eggs and process until smooth.
• Pour batter into cake pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove to rack and cool in pan for five minutes. Turn cake out of pan and cool completely on rack.
• Combine honey, orange juice and vanilla in small saucepan over medium high heat and bring to boil. Poke cooled cake all over with toothpick and brush liberally with glaze. Slice cake and serve the berries on the side.

WALNUT, DATE, BANANA AND HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 160°C Line a 2 lb loaf tin with baking paper ang then grease.
• Tip the flour, cinnamon, butter, sugar, eggs, mashed bananas , chopped dates and 2 tbsp of honey in a processor. beat the mixture for 2 - 3 minutes, until well blended.
• Spoon into prepared tin and level the top. Scatter the walnut pieces over the top.
• bake 1 hour until it feels firm when pressed gently. if not bake a further 10 minutes.
• cool for 15 minutes then lift out of pan. Drizzle the honey on top.
• when cold cut into thick slices.