Easy Lemon Cake With Walnuts Recipes

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.

ALBANIAN WALNUT CAKE WITH LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, and then mix in the eggs.
• Blend the yogurt with the buttermilk.
• Sift together the cake dry ingredients and add them alternating with the yogurt mixture into the egg mixture.
• Stir in the lemon rind and walnuts.
• Pour the batter into a buttered 9X13 baking pan and bake for 30-40 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. The cake will still be moist.
• Make the glaze by simmering together all the ingredients, covered, for about 15 minutes.
• Remove the cinnamon stick.
• When the cake is done, remove it from the oven, turn off the oven, pour the glaze over the hot cake and return it to the oven for about 10 minutes.
• Cut the cake into squares and serve it warm or cool.

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.

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!

LEMON WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350f degrees.
• Lightly grease a deep 8 inch removable bottomed or springform cake pan.
• Line the bottom of the pan with baking parchment or waxed paper.
• Peel and chop the banana.
• Process with the lowfat spread and dates.
• Add 1 egg and 1 tablespoon of the flour to the creamed mixture.
• Process briefly to mix, then add the remaining eggs one at a time, eaach with another 1 tablespoon flour.
• Scrape the mixture into a bowl and fold in the remaining flour, with the walnut pieces.
• Grate the rind from 3 lemons and thinly pare the rind from the fourth (for decoration).
• Squeeze the juice from 2 lemons.
• Stir the grated lemon rind and juice into the mixture.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and level the top.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a fine skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Decorate with the pared lemon rind.