Cherry Nut Cake Recipe: The Chef's Pantry with Anna Rossi
We are joined by Amy Traverso Food Editor for 'Yankee Magazine' and co-host of 'Weekends with Yankee' on WGBH. We are making her Cherry Nut Cake with a Whisky Cocktail- a treat she serves every year on Christmas morning. #TheChefsPantry
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Mom’s Cherry Nut Cake
Recipe by Amy Traverso
Total time: 70 minutes
Hands-on time: 20 minutes
Makes: 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for the pan
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pan
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
3/4 cup halved maraschino or other pitted, canned (or jarred) cherries (not cherry pie filling), with all but 3 tablespoons of their juices drained
2/3 cup chopped walnuts
Garnish: Powdered sugar
Method:
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
Preheat your oven to 350° and set a rack to the middle position. Grease a standard 12-cup Bundt pan with the butter, then dust all over with the flour. Shake out any excess flour. Set the pan on a baking sheet and set aside.
In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream the butter and cream cheese for 1 minute. Add the sugar and mix on medium speed until light and very fluffy, about 5 minutes. Scrape the bowl. Lower the speed and add the eggs one at a time, scraping between additions. Still on low speed, add the vanilla and almond extracts. Staying on low speed, add the flour mixture and stir until blended, then add the cherries with their reserved juices and the nuts.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and transfer on the baking sheet to the middle rack of the oven. Bake until the cake is fragrant and golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool, then dust with powdered sugar and serve.
Betty's Dreamy Date Nut Bread
Betty demonstrates how to make her tasty and filling Date Nut Bread. This bread can be used for breakfast or for an afternoon snack with tea. It is very easy to make, and it tastes wonderful!
Dreamy Date Nut Bread
1 cup chopped dates
1 cup boiling water
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs, well beaten
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1 cup walnuts (You may substitute another kind of nut.)
1 ½ cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Sprinkle 1 cup dates with 1 teaspoon baking soda, and pour 1 cup boiling water over all. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat 2 eggs, and add 1 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon softened butter. Mix well. Gradually stir in 1 cup walnuts, 1 ½ cups flour, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and date mixture. Stir, just until dry ingredients are moistened. Pour mixture into a greased and floured, waxed-paper-lined loaf pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the deepest part comes out clean. (I always bake any loaf like this in the center of the oven with a large sheet of aluminum foil on the rack above, so that the top will not over-brown. The aluminum foil may be removed near the end of baking.) Remove loaf from the oven, and let cool in the loaf pan for a few minutes. Remove from the loaf pan, and peel off the waxed paper. Place on a nice serving plate, and slice into equally-sized slices, and serve while warm with fresh butter. This is a simple bread, with a touch of elegance! You will love it!!! --Betty
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No-Knead Cranberry-Walnut Bread! Perfect 18-Hour Loaf!
No-Knead Cranberry-Walnut Bread
You will need:
3 cups of all purpose or bread flour
1/2 teaspoon of active dry yeast
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of sugar
2 teaspoons of oil
1 1/2 cup of cold water
1 cup of chopped walnuts
1 cup of dry cranberries
Combine all dry ingredients.
Add walnuts and dry cranberries. Mix well.
Add oil to water and add to dry ingredients.
Using handle of long kitchen spoon mix all ingredients.
Do not knead the dough.
Cover mixing bowl and let proof for 18 hours.
Better to make your dough in the evening and bake your bread in the morning.
After the dough has been proofing for 18 hours take it out on a flour surface, shape into a loaf and put it either in a clay pot or cast iron pot.
You do not need to preheat the oven when baking in a clay pot.
Put your bread into a cold oven, set the temperature for 475 degrees Fahrenheit and set the cooking time for 45 min. Keep your clay pot covered. In 45 min, remove lid of your clay pot and let bake for another 5 min for bread to form the crust on the top.
Take it out . Let cool for couple minutes.
You can use cast iron pot to bake your bread. For cast iron pots: baking time is 30 min in preheated oven (covered) and 15 min (uncovered).
Enjoy!
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Date Walnut Bread Recipe Demonstration - Joyofbaking.com
Recipe here: Stephanie Jaworski of Joyofbaking.com demonstrates how to make Date Walnut Bread. Date Walnut Bread is a very nice tea bread bursting with the flavor of sweet dates and crunchy walnuts. The first recipes for this bread began to appear in the 1920s, and it was so popular in the 1930s that it was used to make tea sandwiches. In fact, these tea sandwiches are so delicious you may want to try them. Take two thin slices of your Date and Walnut Bread and sandwich them together with a layer of cream cheese or butter. Then cut the bread into fingers, squares or triangles.
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Nonnie Annette Bakes Cherry Nut Loaf (Italian Christmas Cookies)
Nonnie Annette is at it again. Now she shares her recipe for her Cherry Nut Loaf Cookie. This is a very easy cookie to make and delicious too. You will love this addition to your Christmas cookie Tray. Enjoy! Manga!