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Festive Tradition – Black Walnut Cake

Posted on December 14, 2011
I’m not Martha Stewart. I’m just an ordinary person after all, as you can clearly see.  Yeah, who knew, right? 🙂

This is such a delightful festive season. I love Christmas traditions. One thing I enjoy doing every year is making a special dessert to go with Christmas dinner. Several  years ago, my mother-in-law introduced this recipe to me and now I make it for my family.

 

 

Black Walnut Cake

 

 

1 1/2 c. butter, softened
2 c. brown sugar
1 c. sugar
1 c. milk
5 eggs
3 c. flour
3 ½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 c. Hammons recipe-ready black walnuts
1 ½ tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350º.  Prepare three 9-inch cake pans –grease bottom & sides, add wax paper to bottom of each pan. I also add oil to the top of the wax paper.  Mix all ingredients together thoroughly, except for walnuts. Then add walnuts to batter.  Bake 40-minutes.  Cool completely, loosen from pan, and turn out carefully. The sides of the cake will be very crumbly.

Cream Cheese Frosting

½ c. butter, softened
8oz. cream cheese, softened
16oz. powder sugar
1 ½ tsp. vanill
3-4 tbsp. milk
Add all ingredients and mix well. You may need more or less of the milk to suit your preference.  Add milk, gradually so to not make frosting too thin<

This cake should be kept in the refrigerator because of the cream cheese frosting. Just get out and allow to stand to room temperature before serving, then place back in frig.

Enjoy!

Feel free to print off and make it for your family. It would be a joy to hear what kind of reception this cake gets in your home!

Fah-lah-lah yourself over to see…no, not Miss Fezziwig… Miss Jenny for more ‘F’ posts and tell her this fruitcake sent ya!


Now, let’s flippy flop along the ole cyber trail to play.
Thanks Amanda!

1. What Christmas dessert is your favorite?

2. Do you have Christmas dinner with your parents or are you the hostess?

 

 

 

Do you kinda get the idea my brain is a bit frazzled? Yesterday was my big 5-0 birthday. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around that one. How did this happen anyhow? I mean hitting this milestone so SOON. 🙂 Have a fruitful Thursday!

 

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19 thoughts on “Festive Tradition – Black Walnut Cake”

  1. Jenny says:
    December 31, 2011 at 4:53 am

    This Festive treat sounds Fabulous…

    Too bad I am giving up sugar and flour For the New Year 🙁

    Fond wishes For a Fantastic 2012!

    A+

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  2. Esther Joy says:
    December 19, 2011 at 1:26 am

    Mmmmh – this sounds like the cake my mother in law used to make. I think I’m going to have to print this recipe! Thank you for sharing it!

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  3. Karen S. says:
    December 16, 2011 at 10:52 pm

    Oh this is great, and looks like one I just made last Sunday! I use pretty much that same recipe for my frosting….cream cheese is good in mashed potatoes too!

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  4. Dominique Goh says:
    December 16, 2011 at 12:04 pm

    I don’t have any particular Christmas dish which I like. I’m having Christmas dinner with my parents as usual this year.

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  5. Jennifer says:
    December 16, 2011 at 2:52 am

    I’m pretty sure I’ll be making that cake soon! And I have the same cake holder!

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  6. SquirrelQueen says:
    December 16, 2011 at 1:20 am

    My husband loves any kind of nuts so I’m sure he would like this one. I’ll be making a copy.

    Pecan pie was a holiday tradition when I was growing up and I still love it. The one I make now is not as sweet however.

    Both mine and my husbands parents are gone so it’s just us for the holidays. It nice to have the quiet time together.

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  7. ♥~Judy~♥ says:
    December 16, 2011 at 1:20 am

    I’ll take the nuts w/o the cake.

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  8. Icy BC says:
    December 15, 2011 at 11:58 pm

    I don’t have a favorite desert, but I used to like fruit cake.

    We are having dinner with my mom at my house this year.

    Your black walnut cake looks scrumptious!

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  9. Judie says:
    December 15, 2011 at 11:15 pm

    Excellent choice for a post! My cakes always look a little lopsided, but they TASTE GOOD!!!

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  10. Leovi says:
    December 15, 2011 at 9:04 pm

    Really spectacular, beautiful picture, I love pecan pie.

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  11. Poetic Shutterbug says:
    December 15, 2011 at 6:24 pm

    Oh that looks yummy. Each year when my Mom was alive we would make butter balls for dessert. It was a tradition each Christmas day. Now we spend the holidays with my Brother’s family.

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  12. anitamombanita says:
    December 15, 2011 at 5:54 pm

    That looks yummy to me. I love the distinct taste of black walnuts and there’s nothing better than cream cheese frosting.

    I’m not much of a chocolate person, but I DO love a good Boston cream pie, since you asked…

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  13. Sue says:
    December 15, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    This is my kind of cake. I am a walnut lover AND a cream cheese frosting lover. (And anything with brown sugar in it!)

    =)

    PS. We still eat pumpkin pie on Christmas, but we always have lots of other goodies around like cookies, banana bread, etc.

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  14. Self Sagacity says:
    December 15, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    Oops, you got me on the food here too much, forgot about the questions for a minute. 🙂
    1) desert? Cappuccino made with my favorite condense milk and froth to the way I like.
    2) no parents from either side. we are on our own, and tradition-less.
    My two children usually spend a couple days with me, and some with their dad, it’s different every year. Now that we have the little princess, she is with us every minute and we can’t be without her either. 🙂
    Thanks for playing…whatcha up to with your writing lately?

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  15. Self Sagacity says:
    December 15, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    Thanks for the wonderful recipes. Both sounds delicious.

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  16. Gattina says:
    December 15, 2011 at 4:27 pm

    The most important is that it taste good. If the cake looks like a painting and tastes bad, I prefer the other way around, lol !
    Welcome to the group of 5 (+0)and happy belayed birthday ! I am already in the group 6 (+0) nearly at the end !

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  17. Tami says:
    December 15, 2011 at 1:43 pm

    I didn’t realize how easy it was to make cream cheese icing. I think your cake looks beautiful… who needs Martha!

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  18. storybeader says:
    December 15, 2011 at 1:13 pm

    happy birthday! Looks like a delicious cake, even tough food has more to do with taste than sight! I love cream cheese toppings!

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  19. Steph says:
    December 15, 2011 at 1:00 pm

    I think I remember this cake from a grandmother or auntie Christmas celebration and it looks so yummy! I’m not sure what’s my favorite and will be hosting just our little 5 person family. Happy 50th! I’m just a few years behind and can so relate to wondering how it happened.

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