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Mom's Walnut Cake
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Servings: 1
Categories:
Cakes
/
Desserts
Ingredients:
-----CAKE----- 1 1/2
cups
Butter (3 sticks),
divided
1/2
teaspoon
Salt 6
large
Eggs,
separated
1
cup
Sugar,
granulated
1 1/2
teaspoons
Baking soda 2 1/2
cups
Confectioner's sugar (4x) 1 1/2
cups
Buttermilk 2 1/2
cups
Flour 1
teaspoon
Vanilla extract (or more)
Walnut meats
-----SYRUP----- 2
cups
Light brown sugar (1 box) 2/3
cup
Water,
plus 2 T
1/2
cup
Butter 2
tablespoons
Karo
Directions:
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)
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