Walnut and Nutmeg Cake
1 hour 15 minutes
You can use any kind of nuts in this cake but walnuts are my favourite. Also I sometimes substitute buttermilk for the milk which gives it an additional tang.
3 people made this
Ingredients
Makes: 1 cake
- 1 1/4 cups (200g) brown sugar
- 3 cups (375g) self-raising flour
- 150g butter, cubed
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup (125ml) milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 150g walnuts, chopped
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:55min ›
Ready in:1hour15min
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Lightly grease a 22cm springform cake tin and line with baking paper.
- Process the sugar, flour and butter in a food processor until it resembles fine crumbs. Press 250g of the mix over the base of the tin.
- To the remaining mixture, add the nutmeg, bicarb soda, eggs, milk and vanilla and process until it is a moist dough. Pour this over the base and sprinkle with the walnuts.
- Bake 55 minutes of until a skewer comes out clean. Let cool in the tin.
