Fine walnut cake recipe

Fine walnut cake is easy to make, classy, cheap and your family will love it. This particular walnut cake is convenient for wide range of events such as weddings, anniversaries and neighborhood visits. Fine walnut cake is an excellent companion to a cup of coffee. Naturally, it has its use as both a coffee-break snack and after-lunch dessert. Of course, those of you that do not favor coffee can enjoy fine walnut cake with tea or glass of water.

The fine walnut cake consists of two different kinds of dough separated by a layer of your favorite jam. Though, strawberry or raspberry jam gives it the best taste. Anyway, because there are two different kinds of dough involved in making fine walnut cake, this recipe will be a little unusual. List of ingredients needed for particular dough will be followed by method of making it. I think that this system is much more comprehensible than writing both lists first.

Ingredients for bottom dough:

150g/5.29oz butter
120g/4.23oz castor sugar
250g flour (soft or plain)
4 yolks
6g/0.21oz dough conditioner
10g/0.35oz vanilla sugar

You will also need some jam to spread onto the dough

Method:

1) Mix all the ingredients thoroughly to make firm and consistent dough. Roll it out just enough so that it will fit into the pan. Put it onto a pan covered with parchment paper or thin layer of fat. However, the parchment paper should be the primary choice.

2) Spread your favorite jam all over the dough.

Ingredients for second dough:

100g/3.52oz butter
100g castor sugar
100g ground walnuts
100g flour
4 egg whites
6g/0.21oz dough conditioner
10g/0.35oz vanilla sugar

Method:

1) Mix the butter and sugar until it becomes a crème. Then add walnuts, flour and dough conditioner. Prepare the egg white snow and add it into the mix. Spread the second dough onto the layer of jam.

2) Put your fine walnut cake into the oven that has been heated up to 180 – 200 degrees Celsius/356 – 392 Fahrenheit and let it bake until the cake gets a gold-ish color.

3) Optional step is to glaze your fresh walnut cake with chocolate. The chocolate glaze can be prepared by melting down baking chocolate. You can also add 3-5 grams/0.1-0.17oz of shortening.

To conclude, fine walnut cake is quite easy to make yet delicious dessert. Chocolate glaze will give it a classier look. However, fine walnut cake is delicious even without the chocolate glaze. For more variety, you can try glazing only half the cake. Some of your guests might appreciate having such a choice. By the way, the process of making fine walnut cake is documented in the photos below.