Oaty walnut cake


Oaty walnut cake
This is a moist-textured walnut cake with rolled oats, but the real secret comes from dry-roasting the nuts before adding them to the mixture.
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Last modified on: April 19th 2015
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Times for this recipe
Preparation
20 min.
Resting
1 hour 30 min.
Cooking
50 min.
All in all
2 hours 35 min.
Preparation 20 min.
Resting 1 hour 30 min.
Cooking 50 min.
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Stage 1 - ⌛ 8 min.
Oaty walnut cake  : Stage 1
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Spread 60 g walnut kernels out on a baking sheet and dry roast in the oven for 8 minutes to bring out the flavour.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 hour
Oaty walnut cake  : Stage 2
Weigh 150 g egg, put into a bowl and leave for at least 1 hour to come to room temperature.

Take the butter out of the fridge as well and leave at room temperature for at least 1 hour.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.
Oaty walnut cake  : Stage 3
Put 125 g butter and 125 g caster sugar into a food-mixer bowl.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.
Oaty walnut cake  : Stage 4
Beat on medium/high speed until thoroughly mixed.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.
Oaty walnut cake  : Stage 5
Add the eggs one at a time and continue beating.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.
Oaty walnut cake  : Stage 6
The mixture may curdle slightly, with bits of butter that do not mix in properly.

If this happens, stop beating and stand the bowl in a pan of hot water. Beat by hand until the mixture becomes smooth again (about 1 minute).

Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 min.
Oaty walnut cake  : Stage 7
Sieve 100 g flour, 10 g baking powder and 1 pinch fine (or table) salt together.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 3 min.
Oaty walnut cake  : Stage 8
Add the walnuts and 60 g rolled oats to the flour and mix.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 30 min.
Oaty walnut cake  : Stage 9
Tip this into the food-mixer bowl and fold in using a soft spatula.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 40 min.
Oaty walnut cake  : Stage 10
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Put the cake mixture into a tin or mould and bake for about 40 minutes. Check to see if it cooked 5 minutes before the end of cooking time.

Stage 11
Oaty walnut cake  : Stage 11
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
The longer the mixture has to stand before cooking, the more the flavours will develop, so you can prepare it the day before cooking and leave overnight in the fridge.
Keeping: A few days, wrapped in aluminium foil.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins CarbohydratesFats CaloriesEnergy
Per 100 g7 g RDI=11 %39 g RDI=15 %25 g RDI=35 %418 kcal RDI=21 %1,750 kJ RDI=21 %
Whole recipe46 g RDI=71 %250 g RDI=95 %160 g RDI=220 %2,633 kcal RDI=132 %11,027 kJ RDI=132 %
Whole recipe
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: Nuts, egg, milk, Gluten
How much will it cost?
For 1 cake
3.60 €
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  • I love walnuts, so I tried this wonderful cake... easy to prepaire and delicious! The suggestion to dry roast the walnuts helps to a very intensiv walnuts taste, when the cake is ready. My only change was to add a spoon of rum to the egg and sugar mixture.
    Posted by Undine july 26th 2017 at 17:48 n° 1

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