Italian Wedding Cakes Recipes

ITALIAN WEDDING COOKIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 325"F.
• In a large mixing bowl cream together the butter and 3/4 c of the powder sugar until fluffy.
• Add the vanilla extract and little by little the ground walnuts and hazelnuts. Mix until combined.
• Start adding in the flour little by little until mixed in.
• Prepare your largest cookie sheet and using a small spoon (or small ice-cream scoop) form the cookies into balls, the size of a golfball or smaller. You should have about 45 cookies.
• Arrange all the cookies on the baking sheet without touching each other.
• Bake the cookies in the preheated 325"F oven for 20 minutes.
• Remove the wedding cookies from the oven and allow them to cool off just for a few minutes before rolling them over the reserved powder sugar. It's best that they are still a little warm so the sugar coating sticks nicely.
• Arrange the cookies on a platter and dust with more powder sugar on top before serving.

ITALIAN WEDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Lightly coat 2 (8-inch) cake pans with cooking spray; set aside. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, butter, buttermilk, egg whites, and extracts. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping down sides of the bowl as needed. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Fold in crushed pineapple, coconut, and 1 cup pecans. Divide batter into 2 prepared cake pans. Bake in preheated oven for 31 to 36 minutes or until tester inserted in middle comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes then turn out on to wire racks to cool completely.
• In a small bowl, stir together remaining 1 cup pecans and frosting. With a serrated knife, cut both cakes horizontally to make 4 layers. Frost the top of each layer with 1/2 cup of frosting and stack on top of the next layer. Use remaining frosting to frost the entire outside of cake. Slice and serve.

FAVORITE ITALIAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour three 9-in. round baking pans. Cream butter, shortening and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Fold in pecans and coconut., Pour prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake. Press pecans onto sides of cake. Refrigerate.

ITALIAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Combine flour and shortening as if for pie crust. Add baking powder and combine.
• In a separate bowl, beat eggs and then add sugar and vanilla.
• Add flour mixture to egg mixture.
• To shape cookies, you can simply roll them into 1-inch balls or you can roll them into logs and fold them into pretzel shapes. They will puff up some but will mostly retain whatever shape you form them into.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes. They will not brown much.
• Cool and frost with your favorite glaze and add sprinkles. For convenience, you can melt store-bought frosting.

ITALIAN WEDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch pans. Combine the buttermilk, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, then stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla and almond extract. Beat in the buttermilk mixture alternately with the flour, mixing just until incorporated. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks. Gently fold the egg whites into the batter. Stir in pineapple, coconut and 1 cup pecans.
• Pour batter evenly into prepared pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow cake layers to cool 10 minutes in pans, then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely.
• To make the frosting: Cream together the butter, cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until blended. Stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla and 1 cup pecans. If frosting is too stiff to spread, stir in milk a teaspoon at a time until it reaches desired consistency.

ITALIAN WEDDING CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350
• 2. Lightly coat 3 8 inch cake pans with cooking spray: set aside
• 3. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, 1 stick of butter, buttermilk, egg whites and extracts. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping down sides of the bowl as needed.
• 4. Continue beating on medium speed for 2 minutes. Fold in crushed pineapple, coconut and 1 cup of pecans. Pour batter in the prepared cake pans. Bake in preheated oven for approx. 30 - 35 minutes or until tester inserted in middle comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes, then turn out on to a wire rack to cool.
• 5. While cake is cooling, cream together remaining butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla and confectioners sugar until blended and smooth. If your frosting is too thick add a teaspoon of milk at a time until it reached the desired consistency.
• 6. Frost layers and outside of cake. Add remaining pecans as garnish on outside of cake. If desired pecans can be added to frosting instead.

ITALIAN WEDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs and 1 cup milk. Add baking powder, 3 1/2 cups flour, and salt. Then add warmed, melted shortening and almond flavoring.
• Flour a cookie sheet (no grease) and drop cookie batter from a teaspoon onto sheet. Bake for 10-15 minutes. Cookies will be cake-like. Be sure to bake them on center rack.
• To Make Frosting: Mix together confectioners' sugar, 1 tablespoon almond flavoring, water and 2 tablespoons of melted butter. Stir and frost cooled cookies.

ITALIAN WEDDING CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch pans. Combine the buttermilk, baking soda and salt. Set aside. 2. In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, then stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla and almond extract. Beat in the buttermilk mixture alternately with the flour, mixing just until incorporated. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks. Gently fold the egg whites into the batter. Stir in pineapple, coconut and 1 cup pecans. 3. Pour batter evenly into prepared pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow cake layers to cool 10 minutes in pans, then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely. 4. To make the frosting: Cream together the butter, cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until blended. Stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla and 1 cup pecans. If frosting is too stiff to spread, stir in milk a teaspoon at a time until it reaches desired consistency.