Honey Walnut Cake

Blossom Lady
Feb 28, 2025 12:44 PM
Honey Walnut Cake

Honey walnut cake layers paired with a honey cinnamon buttercream and honey glazed walnuts.

It all started with the Baklava Cake I made a few years ago. As soon as I tasted those honey walnut cake layers I knew they needed to shine on their own!

The Baklava Cake was amazing, but it’s a little (a lot) more involved with that baklava layer. It’s probably a bit intimidating to people and I did not want you to miss out on those delicious cake layers.

So, the Honey Walnut Cake was born.

Ingredients:
Honey Walnut Cake
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup walnut flour ~ 60g fine ground walnuts
  • 2 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 3 large eggs room temperature
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup milk room temperature

Honey Cinnamon Swiss Meringue Buttercream
  • 5 large egg whites
  • 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 cups unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • pinch salt

Assembly
  • honey glazed walnuts
  • honeycomb optional

Prep Time:
120 minutes
Cook Time:
30 minutes
Total Time:
150 minutes
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