Buttery Black Walnut Coffee Cake Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the cream cheese, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in walnuts. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan., For the topping, combine the flour, sugar and cinnamon; cut in butter until coarse crumbs form. Stir in walnuts. Sprinkle over coffee cake. , Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm.

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.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 8-inch cake pans, and line base of each with parchment paper. In food processor, combine 1/2 cup walnut pieces and sugar. Process to a fine powder. Add butter, flour, baking powder, salt and eggs. Process to a smooth batter.
• Add 2 tablespoons milk to coffee mixture and pour this down feed tube with motor running. Mixture should be just soft enough to drop from a spoon; if not, add more milk. Divide cake batter between two pans. Bake until risen and springy to touch, about 25 minutes. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and place on rack. Remove parchment paper. Cool completely. You may want to level them if they domed in the oven.
• For frosting: Place confectioners' sugar and salt in food processor and pulse until lump-free. Add butter and process until smooth. Add coffee mixture down feed tube and pulse until well blended.
• Place one cake upside down on a plate or cake stand. Spread with about half the frosting. Place second cake right side up on frosting, and cover top and sides in a swirly pattern. Place a walnut half in center of cake, and gently press remaining halves into top of cake, around the edge.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour an 8X8 square pan and set aside.
• Cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla together until light and fluffy. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt together, mixing well.
• Add the flour alternately with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix by hand until well combined after each addition. Place bowl back on the mixer and mix for about 10 to 20 seconds, just to make sure batter is mixed well.
• Layer 1/2 of batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the topping mixture. Spread the other half over the topping mixture and sprinkle with remaining topping mixture. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Serve warm.
• TOPPING: In a small bowl, combine all ingredients together until mixture is about the consistency of beach sand and holds together when squeezed, but crumbles easily.

Steps:

• Mix as for cake.
• For filling: Mix together the ingredients.
• Spread 1/2 batter in long flat pan.
• Sprinkle 1/2 filling over this.
• Pour remaining batter over, spread rest of filling on top.
• Spoon 1/2 cup melted butter on top.
• Bake 350°F for about 35 minutes.