Black Walnut Tea Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups black walnuts (or regular walnuts), pulsed in a food processor until coarsely ground
- 2 cups flour, sifted
- 1 tablespoon finely ground coffee beans, sifted
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Grease a 9-inch round cake pan and cover the bottom with a piece of parchment, or lightly dust with flour.
- Combine the butter and honey in the bowl of a mixer and beat until soft and fluffy.
- Add 1 egg and beat for 1 minute, then repeat with the second egg.
- In a large bowl, mix together the walnuts, flour, coffee, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- Fold the dry mixture into the wet in 3 batches.
- Stir in the vanilla extract and lemon juice.
- The finished batter will be quite thick.
- Scrape the batter into the cake pan and smooth the top with a spatula.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Rotate the pan and continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out dry, another 5 to 10 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Serve the cake at room temperature.
unsalted butter, honey, eggs, black walnuts, flour, coffee beans, baking powder, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, salt, vanilla, freshly squeezed lemon juice
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/black-walnut-tea-cake-381351 (may not work)