Walnut Spice Cake For 2 Recipes

WALNUT SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk; beat well. Stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Combine milk and vinegar. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fold in walnuts., In a small bowl with clean beaters, beat egg white on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually fold into batter. Transfer to two 6-in. baking pans coated with cooking spray and dusted with flour. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , For frosting, in a small saucepan, combine flour and milk until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Cover; cool to room temperature., In a small bowl, cream butter and shortening. Gradually beat in sugar. Gradually add cooled milk mixture and beat for 4 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and salt; beat well. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake.

WALNUT SPICE CAKE FOR 2

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream shortening and sugar untill fluffy. Add egg yolk; beat well. Stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a separate bowl and in another bowl combine milk and vinegar. Alternately add flour mixture and milk mixture to butter mixture until well combined. Fold in walnuts.
• In a small bowl beat egg whites to form soft peaks and gradually fold egg whites into batter. Transfer to 2 greased 6-inch backing pans. Bake at 350 F for 15-20 minutes Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans.
• For frosting, in a small saucepan, combine flour and milk until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Cover; cool to room temperature In another small bowl, cream buter and shortening. Gradually beat in sugar. Gradually add cooled milk mixture and beat 4 minutes or until fluffy. Add vanill and salt, beat well. Spead between layers and evenly on top.

PEAR WALNUT SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the raisins in a bowl and toss them with 2 tablespoons of the flour until lightly coated (this will prevent them from sinking in the cake batter during baking).
• To make the cake: Beat the eggs and sugar in a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment (or using a hand mixer) until fluffy. With the mixer running, slowly pour in the vanilla and the oil. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. Mix into the egg mixture. Mix in the pears and nuts, then stir in the raisins by hand, distributing them evenly in the batter. Spoon into a 10-inch tube pan and bake about 45 to 60 minutes, until springy and dry in the center. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack, then turn it out. Freeze until ready to use or just wrap and store for up to 2 days.
• To make the glaze: Stir the maple syrup and sugar together in a bowl. Glaze the cooled cake by spooning the glaze around the tops of the cakes and letting it drip down the sides.

WALNUT SPICE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine the granulated and dark brown sugars, walnuts, flour, vanilla, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Add the butter and stir to make moist, coarse crumbs; set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line the bottom of an 8-inch square cake pan with parchment paper; butter the paper and the sides of the pan.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, pie spice and salt into a medium bowl. Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition; beat in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the sour cream in 2 parts, beginning and ending with the flour and mixing well between additions.
• Spread 2/3 of the batter in the prepared pan and sprinkle with half the crumbs. Top with the remaining batter and crumbs. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean and the top has browned, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Invert out of the pan and then turn crumb-side up to cool completely.
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WALNUT SPICE FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the raisins, walnuts and cherries; set aside. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. , Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture alternatively with applesauce. Mix well. Stir in the raisin mixture. Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan; top with whole cherries and walnut halves. , Bake at 325° for 1-1/2 hours 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. Wrap tightly and store in a cool, dry place.

WALNUT SPICE CAKE WITH LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• Make cake:
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter bundt pan.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Beat together butter and sugar in another bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about minutes in a standing mixer or 4 with a handheld. Add yolks 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low, then add flour mixture and sour cream alternately in batches, mixing well after each addition.
• Beat egg whites in another bowl with cleaned beaters until they just hold stiff peaks, then fold whites and walnuts into batter gently but thoroughly.
• Spoon batter into pan, smoothing top, and bake until a wooden pick or skewer comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan on a rack 10 minutes, then invert onto rack and cool completely.
• Make glaze:
• Whisk together confectioners sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Transfer cake to a plate, then drizzle glaze over cake and let stand until glaze is set, about 20 minutes.

VEGAN WALNUT SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. Coat two 9-inch cake pans with nonstick cooking spray; line bottom with waxed paper and spray again.
• In bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, clove cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.
• In second bowl beat together apple sauce, sugars and shortening until combined. Beat in dry ingredients in three additions, alternating with soymilk/water. Beat two minutes.
• Divide batter between pans and bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes until you can stick a toothpick in it an pull it out clean. Cool on rack for 12-15 minutes. Turn layers out and cool completely. Then Frost.
• In bowl beat shortening, margarine and extracts. Gradually beat in confectioner's sugar the 6 tablespoons soymilk/water, add in soymilk/water as needed for consistancy.
• Spread the frosting on a layer of the cake, put the other layer on top, frost the tops and sides, then press walnuts onto the sides.