• Prep Time:
  • Cooking Time:
  • Serves: 1 Cake

Mom's Walnut Cake

  • Recipe Submitted by on

Category: Cakes

 Ingredients List

  • ------------------------------------CAKE------------------------------------
  • 1 1/2 c Butter (3 sticks), divided
  • 6 lg Eggs, separated
  • 1 1/2 ts Baking soda
  • 1 1/2 c Buttermilk
  • 1 ts Vanilla extract (or more)
  • 1/2 ts Salt
  • 1 c Sugar, granulated
  • 2 1/2 c Confectioner's sugar (4x)
  • 2 1/2 c Flour
  • Walnut meats

 Directions

SYRUP
2 c Light brown sugar (1 box)
1/2 c Butter
2/3 c Water, plus 2 T
2 tb Karo

Separate eggs; place all the whites in a large bowl, place 3 yolks in one
small container, and the other 3 in another. Grease bundt pan (or small
tube pan and a loaf pan). Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Soften 1/2 C butter in a large bowl; add confectioner's sugar and beat
until thoroughly mixed. Add 3 egg yolks, one after another, and continue
beating. Add vanilla and mix till thoroughly blended, scraping sides with
spatula if necessary.

Measure flour into a small bowl and stir in baking soda. Add to
butter/sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk in 4 steps, beginning and
ending with the flour.

Sprinkle about 1/2 t salt on egg whites. Beat till stiff, but not dry.
Fold egg whites into batter.

TOPPING: Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat; add 1 T of
pineapple juice and the sugar. Add water and Karo and cook at a high,
rolling boil for about 3 minutes; stir in 2 T hot water. Pour syrup into
pan, pave bottom with walnuts. Pour in batter and bake at 350 degrees F.
about 30-35 minutes, until done. Drizzle cooled cake with walnut liqueur.

Try substituting almonds and Amaretto! (a la Cafe Espresso)


 Share this Recipe

Recipes by Course

Recipes by Main Ingredient

Recipes by Cuisine

Recipes by Preparation

Recipes by Occasion

Recipes by Dietary

Sign Up and Create a Cookbook Today!

Please Sign in to your Account or Sign up if you are new user.

Who loves our Healthy Recipes?