Glazed Walnut Butter Cake

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Glazed Walnut Butter Cake is a perfectly moist and tender buttery cake filled with walnuts and made with ingredients you already have on hand. This cake gets a delicious glaze and is topped with chopped walnuts and will become a new favorite! 

Glazed Walnut Butter Cake on a white cake stand.

This month we were given a fridge-a-dare and we were challenged to create a delicious recipe featuring walnuts with items we already have on hand. Now this is pretty easy for me because I always have a lot of ingredients on hand. 1: Because  I am a food blogger and 2: because I have this fear of running out of our favorite items. I tend to hoard things like cheese, soy sauce, cream cheese, brown sugar, and other really random items. If the neighbors are ever short on anything, I am their go to gal! ?

As I was talking with my mom about creating a walnut recipe with items I already have, she mentioned that my grandma made the best walnut butter cake. I thought this would be a great recipe to share because it uses ingredients that are all ready in your fridge and cupboard. It is amazing how ingredients you already have on hand can create this incredible Buttery and delicious glazed walnut cake!

Glazed Walnut Butter Cake with one slice being pulled out.

This cake was easily one of the best cakes that I have ever had! Our family really couldn’t get enough of it. I have yet to try a homemade cake that is so moist and tender and literally melts in your mouth. The addition of walnuts in this cake gave it such am amazing texture and crunch and added that nutty flavor of walnuts we all love.

View of the inside of Glazed Walnut Butter Cake

You guys have no excuse not to make this delicious cake! You already have all of the ingredients… what are you waiting for? You are going to love it just as much as we did!

Slice of glazed Walnut Butter Cake on a white plate.

Glazed Walnut Butter Cake

5 from 5 votes
Glazed Walnut Butter Cake is a perfectly moist and tender buttery cake filled with walnuts and made with ingredients you already have on hand. This cake gets a delicious glaze and is topped with chopped walnuts and will become a new favorite!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings: 12

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups all purpose flour sifted
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cups walnuts chopped

Glaze:

  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 Tablespoons milk (3 if you want it to be thinner)
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts for topping

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease and flour a bundt pan. (can also use a 9x13)
  • In a large mixing bowl or using a stand mixer add the butter and sugar and cream together. Add the eggs one at a time.
  • Add the sifted flour and baking powder together. Add the flour mixture and milk to the butter mixture alternating the flour and milk as you mix. Fold in chopped walnuts.
  • Pour into your greased and prepared bundt pan. Bake for about 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool.
  • To make the glaze: Whisk together melted butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Drizzle on top of cooled cake and top with additional chopped walnuts.


Nutrition

Serves: 12

Calories591kcal (30%)Carbohydrates88g (29%)Protein7g (14%)Fat25g (38%)Saturated Fat13g (65%)Cholesterol108mg (36%)Sodium202mg (8%)Potassium177mg (5%)Fiber1g (4%)Sugar63g (70%)Vitamin A705IU (14%)Calcium78mg (8%)Iron1.9mg (11%)

All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.

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This post was sponsored by the California Walnut Board. Thank you for allowing me to work with brands that I love. All opinions expressed are my own.

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Alyssa Rivers

I am Alyssa and the blogger behind The Recipe Critic. I started my blog in June of 2012 as a place to share my passion for cooking. I love trying new things and testing them out with my family.

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