Walnuts

Anne_Marie_2

Is this of any use to you?

http://www.ehow.com/how_4440_harvest-store-walnuts.html

thriftlady_2

You're not alone, have alook at this earlier thread
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=243317&highlight=walnuts

i think it's been a good year for walnuts.

mo1_2

anyone got a recipe for a walnut cake?ive got it into my head chocolate and walnut,but i can only find coffee and walnut,or any interesting ideas on walnuts?

Seakay

This one, from the Anniebakes website, looks very tempting!
http://www.anniebakes.com/chocolate.htm#chocwal

Chocolate Walnut Cake


Ingredients: 4 eggs, 4.5 oz caster sugar, 4.5 oz selfraising flour, 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, 1 oz melted butter, 2 oz melted best quality cooking chocolate, 5 oz finely chopped walnuts. Icing - 3 oz dark cooking chocolate, 5 oz butter, 8 oz icing sugar, 2 tablespoons milk and walnut halves to decorate.

Grease and line a 7" deep cake tin. Preheat oven to 160 C.

Whisk eggs and caster sugar together for several minutes until light and foamy. Sieve the flour and and cocoa into the mixture and fold in. Fold in the melted butter and melted chocolate and then the chopped nuts.

Pour mixture into tin and bake for about 35 mins until springy to touch.Cool on wire rack.

To make icing, melt the chocolate in bowl over hot water. Cool slightly then beat together the butter, icing sugar and milk and whisk in the melted chocolate.

Cut the cold cake in half, spread with half the icing.Spread the rest over the top and decorate with walnut halves.

mo1_2

thanks for that,ohhh it sounds really good

jennyjelly

I make the Brownies in the Bero book with walnuts in them and they are truly delish!

Penelope_Penguin

Oooer, spooky! Just got the walnuts out to make a coffee cake. Will try this one now.

I'll let you know how it turns out!

Penny. x

jan59

Steady now.

Some friends brought us about 4lbs of walnuts back from their place in France 'as they knew I liked baking etc'.

Now there is only so much date and walnut cake that we can eat, so my question is, how can we use these up? I know they last a long time, but what is the best way to store them? Any recipes?

Thanks

Jan

Pandora123_2

They'll store best in the freezer.

I like walnuts in my homemade granola, also when I make crumbles, I sometimes add walnuts to the topping. Or use them in veggie burgers, mmmm. Also really nice added to banana bread.

:A

Penelope_Penguin

Chocolate walnut cake - it's very good!

Penny. x