Walnuts Cake With Wine

A community recipe by Mirjana

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Introduction

Recipe for this cake is very old. It is no eggs cake and even though I would describe it moist with cinnamon and clove aroma and honestly very simply to make.

Ingredients

Serves: 8-10

Metric Cups

For the Cake

200 grams walnuts (grated)
200 grams caster sugar
200 grams plain flour
300 millilitres dry white wine
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (levelled)
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon clove

For the Icing

200 grams icing sugar
lemon juice
1 small lemon
3 tablespoons water (hot)

For the Cake

7 ounces walnuts (grated)
7 ounces superfine sugar
7 ounces all-purpose flour
10½ fluid ounces dry white wine
1 teaspoon baking soda (levelled)
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon clove

For the Icing

7 ounces confectioners' sugar
lemon juice
1 small lemon
3 tablespoons water (hot)

Method

Walnuts Cake With Wine is a community recipe submitted by Mirjana and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Preheat oven the 180°C/350F/gas 4 and grease 23 cm. round cake tins and line with greaseproof paper.

In a bowl mix all ingredient with wooden spoon. Than pour into the tins.

Bake in preheated oven about 40 minutes, or until the cake spring back when pressed and a skewer comes out clean.

Leave in the tin until cool.

For the icing, mix all ingredients and spread over the top of cake and decorate with walnuts or any way you like.

Preheat oven the 180°C/350F/gas 4 and grease 23 cm. round cake tins and line with greaseproof paper.

In a bowl mix all ingredient with wooden spoon. Than pour into the tins.

Bake in preheated oven about 40 minutes, or until the cake spring back when pressed and a skewer comes out clean.

Leave in the tin until cool.

For the icing, mix all ingredients and spread over the top of cake and decorate with walnuts or any way you like.