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Walnut butter cake with ground walnut in rich and buttery cake. If you love walnut, you'll love this amazing walnut butter cake recipe. So delicious!
Walnut Butter Cake Recipe
Two of the most popular baking recipes on Rasa Malaysia are butter cake and brownie butter cake.
I am always excited to try new butter cake recipes.
I like simple cakes, plain old rich, buttery, sweet cakes that fill the house with the wonderful smell of baking.
When I chanced upon this amazing recipe on Nasi Lemak Lover, I knew I had to make it.
Recipe Ingredients
This cake calls for simple ingredients:
- Salted butter
- Sugar
- Eggs
- All-purpose flour
- Milk
- Walnut
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Walnut Butter Cake
Step 1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease two (2) mini loaf pans with butter. Sift the flour and baking powder, and set aside.
Step 2. Cream the butter, vanilla extract, and sugar until fluffy and pale (this takes about 4 minutes using an electric hand mixer at speed 2). Add the eggs one at a time, creaming well until combined before adding the next one.
Step 3. Fold in the flour, ground walnuts, and milk, mixing until well combined. Transfer the batter into the greased pan and gently shake to level it off. Sprinkle the whole walnuts on top.
Step 4. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the walnut butter cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack. Loosen the cake from the loaf pans and slice into pieces.
Frequently Asked Questions
Each slice of cake is only 298 calories.
What To Serve With This Cake
Serve this cake with your favorite beverage. For an afternoon tea, I recommend the following recipes.
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Walnut Butter Cake
Ingredients
- 4 oz. (125g) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4.5 oz. (130g) salted butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 oz. (90g) fine sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 oz. (60g) walnut, processed in a food processor until fine
- 1 oz. (30g) whole walnut, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease two mini loaf pans with butter. Sift the flour and baking powder, and set aside.
- Cream the butter, vanilla extract, and sugar until fluffy and pale (this takes about 4 minutes using an electric hand mixer at speed 2). Add the eggs one at a time, creaming well after each addition before adding the next.
- Fold in the flour, ground walnuts, and milk, mixing until well combined. Transfer the batter to the greased pan and gently shake it to level off. Sprinkle whole walnuts on top.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the walnut butter cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack. Loosen the cake from the loaf pans and slice it into pieces.
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Notes
- Add the eggs one at a time, creaming well until combined before adding the next one.
- Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Tried this last week came out great tastes great and was easy to make
Awesome Gary. Please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Good recipe, but I noticed in the comments that she did not actually tell anyone what size pan to use. I used a 6 cup capacity one (Nordic Ware) and it came out a bit low and flat looking. So you’d probably want to use a smaller loaf pan than that. 30-minutes was perfect for that size pan though.
Also, it has a light, not too sweet flavour that reminds me of a Japanese dessert.
What a fabulous recipe. I followed it to the letter and it turned out perfectly. Delicious, moist and very, very moreish!
Hi Sally, thanks for trying my recipe. Please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
First time I have try your walnut cake recipe it has turned out so well delicious my family loves it
Awesome, please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Hi Bee,
I tried yr butter cake recipe. Why is the cake very oily? Did I whisk the butter incorrectly? Or us it the brand of the butter that matters? I used SCS butter for yr walnut cake recipe n was fine. This time I used President brand cos it’s on offer.
Thanks in advance!
The butter ccake is not oily as you can see from my picture. It’s so good, much better than walnut butter cake. Yeah, different brand of butter has different oil/water content. Not all butter yields the same results.
Thx Bee for yr reply! I tot I didn’t whisk correctly. The other thing is I’m amazed how you do it to be so flat. Mine got a dome.
I don’t know I live in the USA, different ingredients and different environment.
Hi,
I would like to ask for this ‘WALNUT BUTTER CAKE’ what size of pan should i use? And also,if i want to add banana in,should i reduce the other ingredients.example:sugar?
I wouldn’t add bananas. You can use regular loaf pan or mini loaf pan.
Can I just say this is seriously bomb
I made it today and it was SO GOOD
Only thing slightly crumbly
Thanks Priscilla, yes, this Walnut Butter Cake is soooo good! Please try my butter cake and marble cake recipes, even better!
This is a very good recipe. Not too sweet, lovely rich buttery and mellow warm flavour of walnuts. Highly recommend. Thank you for sharing Bee.
Thanks please try more recipes on my site, they are super good: butter cake, marble cake, etc.
Hi rasa I make this cake it looks nice the smell but the amount in the tray is very small I make in a loaf one… Now is the oven is it normal next time I make the amounts x2
Not sweet enough
Add more sugar. I don’t like my cake too sweet.
Hi Bee!
I would like to try yr recipe but I would like to clarify :
1) What size pan should I use for this recipe?
2) Do I have to use 60gm or 65gm size eggs for the large eggs used in this recipe?
Thx!
You can use loaf pan. Both eggs should be fine.
This recipe is so good that I made the cake thrice till now following just THIS RECIPE. It’s a must try. ❤
Thanks this recipe is awesome!
Absoutely amazing!Taste so good! Mom and Dad love the Walnut Butter Cake! Just wondering,my dad suggested adding more butter to it. Will it affect the cake if more butter is added?
Would love to try out the rest of the cake recipe when i have time!
Hi Pauleene, yes you can add more butter to it. Just 1 tablespoon more will do!