Walnut Cake-a snack for the elders during the Dragon Boat Festival

Overview

Walnut cake is crispy and very delicious. Because of the addition of walnuts, it has high nutritional value. It is a favorite dessert for the elderly and children. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, a good day for family reunion dinner, so I took the time to make this snack for my dear parents. The production method is very simple, friends who like it can follow along!

Tags

• baking
• children
• afternoon tea
• aluminum-free baking powder
• cake flour
• egg
• lard
• walnut kernels
• baking soda
• black sesame
• fine sugar

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Place the walnut kernels in the middle rack of the oven and bake at 160 degrees for about 10 minutes. When cool, put them into a plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin. Set aside.

   

2. 2 Prepare the ingredients, weigh and sift the low-gluten flour, baking powder, and baking soda, beat the egg liquid, and weigh the lard and fine sugar.

   

3. 3 Soften the lard into a liquid state by insulating water, add fine sugar and beat with a whisk until the sugar melts.

   

4. 4 Add egg liquid and beat evenly.

   

5. 5 Then add sifted cake flour, baking powder and baking soda.

   

6. 6 Use a spatula to cut and mix evenly into a dough.

   

7. 7 Add prepared chopped walnuts.

   

8. 8 Knead the dough and cover with plastic wrap to rest for a while.

   

9. 9 Take a small piece of dough, about 25-30 grams, roll it into a ball, flatten it and place it on the baking sheet. Make the dough one by one and place it on the baking sheet at a certain distance.

   

10. 10 Brush with egg wash and sprinkle a little black sesame seeds on top.

    

11. 11 Place in the middle rack of the preheated oven and bake at 175 degrees for about 20 minutes.

    

12. 12 After taking it out of the oven, place it on a baking sheet to cool, then store it in an airtight container after cooling completely. The walnuts are crispy and so delicious!

    

13. 13 I habitually pose for photos😄