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Walnut cake

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alcohol-free vegetarian
Description
Nice guests have registered. They come in the afternoon for a cup of coffee. So there is hardly any time for hours of baking. But there should be a bit of pastry on the table for the cosiness. This simple walnut cake is just the thing! A few eggs, butter, flour, baking powder, milk - you might already have these standards. If not, you can get them quickly. Stir everything together, bake and serve! How nice it is to be spontaneous!

Ingredients for

People

For the dough

400 g wheat flour
200 g butter
200 g sugar
4 eggs
3 Tablespoon(s) maple syrup
1 Pack(s) baking powder
3 Tablespoon(s) milk
100 g walnut kernels

Preparation

  • Preparation time: 20 min
  • Cooking time: 50 min
  • Total time: 1 h 10 min

Note

Our bread/cake recipes are/were usually developed for a special mould. specific mould. If the recipe is to be baked in a different tin mould, the recipe or the number of portions must be adapted accordingly. 

20cm loaf tin corresponds to approx. 5 portions 
25cm loaf tin corresponds to approx. 10 portions 
30cm loaf tin corresponds to approx. 17 portions 
Batzen tin corresponds to approx. 7 portions 
Mini loaf tin corresponds to approx. 8 portions 

The baking time may also need to be adjusted, but cannot be but cannot be converted across the board. As a little help: When the bread/cake looks ready either take a stick test or remove the bread carefully with a baking glove. carefully remove the bread from the tin with a baking glove and tap the bottom of the loaf. of the loaf. If it sounds hollow, the bread is most likely baked through.

Bake the cake

1
Preheat the oven to 160°C convection oven. Separate the eggs and beat the whites until stiff.
2
Cream the butter, sugar, maple syrup and add the egg yolks one by one.
3
Mix the flour with the baking powder, sift and stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk.
4
Carefully fold in the beaten egg whites.
5
Finally, carefully fold in the walnuts.
6
Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 50 minutes.