Yay! So glad the second attempt worked well. Thanks for coming back with an update! I need to try your maple walnut combo because omg that sounds good! And yay for another successful SMBC!! Awesome 😀
]]>Finally back to report! Second try at walnut powder worked out! The cake was delicious. I used your honey cake recipe but replaced honey with maple syrup. I made the brown sugar frosting from THIS recipe and added a bit of cinnamon. It was a hit! Also added maple glazed walnuts for decoration, those might have been the best part haha.
But – another success at SMBC! Soooo gooooood! Thank you!!!
Hi Rachel! Oh no! Nuts turn to butter so quickly in the food processor 🙁 I hope it worked out the second time 🙂
]]>Shoot! I am seeing now in your honey walnut cake recipe that you provide directions on how to NOT make it a walnut butter – oops! I will start over.
]]>Me again!! I am finally making this cake – our family gathering was postponed.
I just ground up my walnuts in the food processor and expected to get a fine powder but I got more of a walnut butter – so it is dense. Is this wrong?! Will this work? Thank you!!!
]]>I think maple syrup should work fine as a replacement for the honey. Maple walnut would be SO good with the brown sugar SMBC. I might need to add that one to the list!
]]>Oh my goodness! I didn’t see that recipe before but that is exactly what I want to do with the walnuts. Another question: Do you think I could replace the honey with maple syrup (in your Honey Walnut cake recipe) ? I still want to do this brown sugar SMBC and I feel like a maple walnut would pair a little better than a honey walnut…. ?
]]>Hi Rachel! I have actually done this recently here! https://livforcake.com/honey-walnut-cake/ I would replace 1/2 cup AP flour in that recipe with 1/2 cup walnut flour. I wouldn’t add any more as the oil in from the walnuts will mess with things. Or, you could make the recipe I linked (it’s delicious) and swap 1/2 cup honey for an extra 1/2 cup sugar. Let me know what you try!
]]>Thank you as always for your answers and your wonderful recipes & tips.
Rachel
]]>Hi CS! There’s a link to the recipe at the ned of the post, but here you go! https://thecakeblog.com/2016/11/walnut-cake.html 🙂
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