{"id":27763,"date":"2016-11-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/?p=27763"},"modified":"2017-09-12T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T14:59:00","slug":"walnut-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/2016\/11\/walnut-cake.html","title":{"rendered":"Walnut Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walnut Cake \u00a0– toasted walnut cake with hints of cinnamon, topped with a brown sugar buttercream and chopped walnuts. A new layer cake recipe by our contributor,\u00a0Olivia Bogacki<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s official, we are in Holiday season! And I am 100% in holiday mode. I am totally one of those people who is happy to see holiday stuff out in October (don\u2019t judge). I\u2019m doing my best not to jump head first into holiday baking and throw peppermint<\/a> and gingerbread<\/a> at you while you\u2019ve still got Halloween candy wrappers laying around. I will restrain myself\u2026 for a little while, anyhow.<\/p>\n

So while this Walnut Cake isn\u2019t holiday themed per se, it certainly screams Fall\/Winter to me. There is something so comforting about the scents of cinnamon and toasted nuts at this time of year. You can bet that I\u2019ve got some candied walnuts on my radar for this year\u2019s holiday baking. So for now, I wanted to bring you a cake version of that delicious winter treat!<\/p>\n

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This Walnut Cake is very unassuming, but it is seriously delicious. The cake is not super sweet \u2013 the nuts tone down the sweetness \u2013 and it pairs really well with the sweet brown sugar Swiss meringue buttercream.<\/p>\n

This was my first time making a brown sugar Swiss meringue buttercream, and I wasn\u2019t sure how it would turn out. Sugar is sugar, right? It should work just fine (or so I reassured myself). Thankfully, it was delicious! It\u2019s not as dark as I thought it would be, considering I used dark brown sugar, but it has a delicious caramel\/toffee-like flavor. I\u2019ll definitely be making this one again.<\/p>\n

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The recipe calls for toasted walnuts, and I highly recommend toasting nuts before using them. It really enhances the flavor. Ideally, you would toast whole, shelled walnuts, but I only had chopped walnuts on hand, so I just used those. Either way, when toasting nuts, be sure to watch them so that they don\u2019t burn! I toast in a 350F oven for 5 to 10 minutes or until I can smell them (so scientific of me, I know!).<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for an easy, delicious, comforting cake for the Fall and Winter season, this Walnut Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting is for you!<\/p>\n

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