Honeyorange And Pine Nut Cake Recipes

PEAR CAKE WITH PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spread pine nuts in ungreased shallow pan. Bake uncovered 6 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until light brown. Cool.
• Spray 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture looks like coarse meal. Remove 1/3 cup flour mixture to small bowl. Stir in cinnamon and toasted pine nuts; set aside.
• To remaining flour mixture in large bowl, add sour cream, milk, lemon peel, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda and egg. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Pour batter into cake pan. Arrange pear slices over batter. Sprinkle with reserved pine nut mixture.
• Bake 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack.

TUSCAN PINE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Make it as the first thing, as you'll need it to be cold when you will add it to the cake. Heat the milk in a saucepan until it starts to simmer, then set aside.
• Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar and the flour, then pour in the hot milk in a thin stream, stirring continuously with a whisk.
• Transfer the pastry cream to the saucepan and move it on a low flame. Stir it constantly until it begins to thicken, about 3 minutes. Remove it from the heat, add the raisins and let it cool down.
• Preheat oven to 175°C/350 degrees F.
• Wisk butter and sugar for a few minutes, until creamy and light.
• Add the eggs gradually, one after the other, waiting for the first to be completely incorporated before adding the next one.
• Stir in the flour sifted with the baking powder.
• Grease and dust with flour a 22cm/9in round cake pan.
• Separate the batter equally into two pastry bags. Pipe the batter of the first pastry bag onto the cake pan, then spread it evenly with a spatula.
• Spoon the cold pastry cream over the first layer of cake, leaving 2 cm all around the edges. Smooth the surface of the pastry cream.
• Pipe the batter of the second pastry bag on top of the pastry cream in concentric circles, trying not to mix it with the custard, then spread it evenly with a spatula. Sprinkle the surface with pine nuts.
• Transfer to the oven and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until golden brown.
• Remove the cake from the oven, let it cool down completely, then gently unmould it onto a plate. Keep in the fridge for a few hours before slicing in.

HONEY,ORANGE AND PINE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. preheat the oven to 325*F or 160*C. grease an 8 inch round cake pan. in a saucepan,add butter, honey, corn syrup and brown sugar and heat gently over low heat,stirring continuously until the mixture is thoroughly combined.
• 2. set aside to cool. beat in the eggs, one at a time. add the pine nuts and stir in. sift the flour into the mixture and fold to combine.
• 3. pour batter into pan and bake for 50 mins or until a skewer inserted in the middle, comes out clean. let it cool in the pan for 5 mins before turning onto wire rack.
• 4. when the cake is warm, prepare the topping.warm the honey , water, orange juice and pine nuts and spread over the cake evenly.

HONEY & PINE NUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4.
• Grease a 8 inch round cake tin or spring form, if using cake tin it helps to line it with baking paper as well.
• In a small sauce pan, melt the sugar, honey and butter together over a medium heat, boil for 1 minute and remove from heat.
• Set aside and allow to cool until just warm.
• Place the pine nuts onto a baking tray and roast for approx 8 minutes, alternatively roast in a dry non stick frying pan on top of the hob, stirring regularly.
• Add the pine nuts to the honey mixture.
• Stir in the eggs and flour.
• Pour the batter into the baking tin and bake for approx 50 minutes.
• The cake is done when the top springs back when pressed lightly.
• Allow to cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.
• When cold dust with confectioners suger and serve.

PUMPKIN-PINE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Cut the prunes in half and put them in a bowl. Cover with boiling water and leave them to plump for 10 minutes. Drain well and place in a clean bowl. Mix the simple syrup and Armagnac together and pour over the prunes. Let macerate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours but preferably overnight. Store the prunes in the maceration liquid.
• Heat the oven to 375°F or 350°F on convection.
• Cut the pumpkin in half and scoop out the seeds and fibers. Use a small sharp knife to score the flesh in a checkerboard pattern, cutting in about 1/2 inch. Rub each half with the butter, sprinkle with the brown sugar, and season with salt. Put the pumpkin on a baking sheet, cut-side up, and bake until very tender and browned, about 45 minutes.
• When the pumpkin is cool enough to handle, peel it and put the flesh through a food mill.
• Line a strainer with a few layers of cheesecloth. Scrape the pumpkin puree into the strainer, set it over a bowl, cover with cheesecloth, and weight it. Let the puree drain for at least 2 hours to remove the excess liquid.
• Put the pine nuts, the sugars, and a pinch of salt in a food processor. Pulse to chop the nuts. Slowly add the butter, pulsing until you have pea-sized pieces. Transfer to a bowl and chill until ready to use.
• Heat the oven to 350°F or 325°F on convection. Line a baking sheet with a Silpat or parchment. Spray twelve 2 x 2-inch ring molds or 1 1/2-inch square molds with cooking spray and set on the pan.
• Put the pine nuts, all-purpose flour, semolina, salt, baking powder, and sugars in a food processor. Pulse and process until the pine nuts are ground. Add the butter and pulse until well mixed; the texture should be coarse.
• Combine the eggs, pumpkin puree, olive oil, zest, and vanilla seeds (rinse, dry, and save the pod for another use) in a mixing bowl. Whisk until smooth. Add to the processor and process for 30 seconds.
• Coarsely chop half of the drained prunes and fold into the batter. Fill the molds two-thirds full. Top with the streusel, filling the molds. Bake until a tester comes out clean and the streusel is browned, about 20 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through baking.
• Let cool briefly, then remove the molds.
• Put the warm cakes on dessert plates and garnish with the remaining prunes and the maceration liquid.
• You could use canned pumpkin puree.