Extremelemonwalnutcake 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 AND LEMON LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Method:.
• Cream butter and 185g sugar.
• Add eggs and milk.
• Add lemon essence and mix well.
• Add flour, baking powder, walnuts and lemon rind.
• Bake at about 185 C (or 350 F) for about 30 minute.
• Mix the juice of the lemon with the half cup of sugar and pour it over the hot cake as soon as you take it out of the oven.
• As ovens vary, check that the cake is cooked by inserting a skewer into it when you think it is cooked. If the skewer comes out clean, it is cooked, but if the skewer comes out gloopy, it needs a bit more baking. If you haven't got a skewer, use a small sharp knife.

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!