Best Honey Glazed Walnut Cake Recipes

GREEK "BAKLAVA" WALNUT HONEY-GLAZED CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (second-lowest oven rack).
• Butter a 9-inch square glass baking pan.
• In a bowl combine flour with baking powder, salt, cinnamon and orange zest; set aside.
• In a large bowl cream butter together with 1 cup sugar until fluffy (about 3-4 minutes, no sugar granules should remain).
• Add in eggs and vanilla and beat well to combine.
• Add in flour mixture alternately with milk mixing until just combined.
• Stir in walnuts.
• Transfer to prepared baking pan.
• Bake for about 40-45 minutes or until cake tests done.
• Cool for about 20 minutes then slice into diamond shapes.
• Drizzle the honey glaze over the slices.
• For the honey glaze; in a saucepan combine honey, 1 cup sugar and water; bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes stirring with a wooden spoon.
• Add in lemon juice and continue to boil for 2 minutes.
• Drizzle over cake.

HONEY GLAZED WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9 inch round cake pan. Place the walnuts, flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a food processor and blend until finely chopped. Add the brown sugar and eggs and process until smooth. Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack and cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Turn the cake out of the pan and cool completely on a rack.
• Combine the honey, orange juice, and vanilla in a small saucepan over medium low heat and bring to a boil. Poke the cooled cake all over with a toothpick and brush liberally with the glaze. Slice the cake and serve fresh berries on the side. Wrap the leftovers tightly in plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator for a day or two.

MARY SUE MILLIKEN'S HONEY-GLAZED WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a nine-inch round cake plan. Place flour, walnuts, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a food processor and blend until finely chopped. Add brown sugar and eggs and process until smooth.
• Pour batter into cake pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove to rack and cool in pan for five minutes. Turn cake out of pan and cool completely on rack.
• Combine honey, orange juice and vanilla in small saucepan over medium high heat and bring to boil. Poke cooled cake all over with toothpick and brush liberally with glaze. Slice cake and serve the berries on the side.