Hedys Chocolate Black Walnut Cake Recipes

BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing just until the yellow disappears. Combine the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Stir in the vanilla and walnuts, and pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until a knife or toothpick inserted into the crown comes out clean. Cool in the pan for about 15 minutes before turning out of the pan onto a wire rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and allspice. Set aside.
• In the top of a double boiler, heat chocolate, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted and smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool to lukewarm.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk. Stir in walnuts.
• In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

HEDY'S (CHOCOLATE) BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch square pan or a 10-inch fluted tube pan; set aside.
• In a small bowl stir together the nuts and 2 T flour, set aside.
• In a very large bowl stir granulated sugar, butter, and brown sugar until combined.
• Using a wooden spoon, beat in eggs one at a time.
• Stir in the 2 T rum or milk and vanilla.
• In a medium bowl stir together the flour, the chocolate or carob powder, baking powder, and salt.
• Stir flour mixture into egg mixture with a wooden spoon.
• Gradually stir in milk.
• Fold in the nut mixture.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan.
• Let stand for 1 hour.
• Drizzle with Glaze, if desired.
• Cool completely.
• To make Glaze: In a small bowl combine 1 1/3 C sifted powdered sugar; 2 T butter, melted; and 1 T rum or milk.
• Next, stir in 1 T whipping cream or milk.
• If necessary, add additional milk or cream, 1 t at a time, until it reaches drizzling consistency.

WEST VIRGINIA BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Melt butterscotch morsels in water; cool.
• Sift together flour, salt, soda and baking powder; set aside.
• Add sugar gradually to butter, creaming well.
• Blend in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Blend in melted butterscotch morsels, mix well.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Blend thoroughly.
• Fold in black walnuts.
• Turn into two (9-inch) round layer pans well greased and floured lightly.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until done. Cool.
• Filling: Combine sugar and cornstarch for filling in 2 quart pan. Stir in milk, water, butterscotch and egg yolk. Cook over medium heat. Stirring constantly, until thick.
• Remove from heat and add butter, coconut and black walnuts. Cool.
• Spread butterscotch filling between layers and on top to within 1/2-inch of edge.
• Frosting: Cream butter in bowl with wooden spoon until very soft. Slowly add sugar, mixing thoroughly; add a drop of milk at a time as mixture gets too stiff. Flavor with 1/4 teaspoon vanilla.
• For chocolate butter icing, add 1/2 ounce melted chocolate. The yolk of one egg will make yellow icing. Strong coffee instead of milk will make mocha icing. Using, of course, only one flavor at a time.
• Frost with Butter Frosting around sides and on top of cake to meet the filling.

BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Beat sugar and butter till creamy.
• Add water and flour, alternating between the two.
• Add baking powder to a bit of flour and mix.
• Add some flour to the nut meats, then add to mix.
• Fold in egg whites last.
• Pour into a 9x13 greased and floured baking pan.
• Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• To make the frosting: in a large mixing bowl, cream butter and cream cheese; gradually add powdered sugar, beating (with an electric mixer) until mixture is light and fluffy.
• Stir in vanilla; set aside.
• To make cake: In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well with an electric mixer at medium speed.
• Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In another bowl, combine buttermilk and soda; stir until soda is dissolved.
• Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
• Mix after each addition.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Add in 1 cup walnuts and coconut; stir well.
• In another bowl, beat egg whites (at room temperature) and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form; fold egg white mixture into batter.
• Pour batter into 3 greased/floured 9-inch round cake pans.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 22-25 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans and let cool completely on wire racks.
• Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
• Press additional chopped walnuts onto sides of cake.

PERSIMMON BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• blend dry ingreduents together, add butter milk and persimmon pulp.
• Mix well, add egg and walnuts.
• Pour into greased 8x8 inch pan.
• Bake at 350 for 35 min or until test done.

BLACK WALNUT APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a tube or bundt cake pan and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Blend eggs, oil, nutmeg, and sugar until creamy.
• Add flour, a little at a time; and blend well.
• Batter will be stiff.
• Fold in apples and nuts.
• Pour into tube or bundt cake pan and bake for 1 hour.
• Remove from pan after about 30 minutes.
• Punch holes in top of the cake.
• Mix together topping ingredients in a saucepan.
• Boil for three minutes, stirring frequently.
• Take off the heat and pour topping over cake with a spoon, letting it to seep into the cake holes.
• Brush the sides of the cake with a kitchen brush.
• Let it set for at least 24 hours befor cutting and serving.

BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, toss walnuts with 1/4 cup flour; set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla; mix well., Combine the baking powder, salt and remaining flour; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in the reserved nut mixture., Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, egg whites, water and cream of tartar. With a portable mixer, beat on low speed for 1 minute. Continue beating on low speed over low heat until frosting reaches 160°, about 9 minutes., Pour into the bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer; add vanilla. Beat on high speed until frosting forms stiff peaks, about 7 minutes. Frost the cake.

BLACK WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg yolks all at once.
• Add vanilla.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Set aside 1 cup of the dry ingredients.
• Add the remaning flour mixture and the milk in small portions, alternately, mixing well with each addition, starting and ending with an addition of the dry ingredients.
• Mix together, the reserved flour and the nuts, and stir into the batter,mixing just until blended.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff, but not dry.
• Fold them into the batter.
• Bake in a 9x5 inch greased and floured loaf pan at 350 about 50-60 minutes, or until done.
• Frost with your favorite icing.