Franklin Nut Cake Recipes

FRANKLIN NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Grease a 10 inch tube pan and line it with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time.
• Sift together 3 cups of the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix remaining flour with fruit and nuts. Stir into batter. Add vanilla.
• Pour into tube pan. Bake at 250 degrees for 3 hours. Cool in pan.

OLD FASHIONED KENTUCKY NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder.
• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Combine milk and vanilla, and add alternately with flour mixture to egg mixture. Fold in nuts. Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch cake pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

SOUTHERN NUT CAKE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• 1) Move an oven rack to lower third of oven. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 10 x 4-inch tube pan. Line bottom with parchment paper. Butter paper and dust pan with fine dried bread crumbs. Set aside. 2) Place walnuts and pecans into a very large mixing bowl or roasting pan. 3) Combine flour, baking powder, mace and salt in another bowl. Whisk to combine. 4) Combine milk and 1/4 cup brandy or bourbon in another bowl. Set aside. 5) Cream butter in large bowl of an electric mixer. Add sugar and beat at moderate speed for two or three minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating each until incorporated. Increase speed and beat until light and fluffy. 6) On low speed alternately add flour mixture in three additions and milk mixture in two, beating only until smooth after each addition. Pour batter over nuts and mix with your hands or a wooden spoon until nuts are coated with batter. Turn batter into prepared pan, smoothing top to even. 7) Bake for 1-3/4 hours or until cake tester inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Transfer cake to a cooling rack. While cake is still hot brush top with reserved 1/4 cup brandy or bourbon. Let cake cool in pan for 20 minutes. Cover cake with a cooling rack and invert to remove paper. Invert again and cool in upright position. Let cake age for 24 hours before serving. Yield: 16 servings.

FRANKLIN NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar. Add beaten eggs and 3 cups flour with baking powder and salt added. Mix remaining 1 cup of flour with chopped nuts and chopped candied fruits. Mix into batter and add vanilla. Grease, flour, and line a large tube pan. Pour mixture into pan. Bake at 250 for 3 hours. Let cool for an hour. Remove from pan and place in a covered container with a glass of sherry, so the cake and wine "get to know each other". Let sit for 4 days until the sherry flavor permeates the cake. Slice thin.