Chocolate Walnut Cakes

Name: Chocolate Walnut Cakes
Yield: Makes 12
Ingredients: 85 g/3 oz caster sugar; 85 g/3 oz butter; at room temperature; 45 g/1½ oz walnuts, roasted and roughly chopped; 2 eggs, at room temperature and lightly beaten; 85 g /3 oz plain flour; 1 tsp vanilla essence; pinch salt; ½ tsp baking powder; 55 g/2 oz chocolate, broken into pieces; 2 tbsp water

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chocolate

By Sara Jayne Stanes

Published 1999

About

Nice and simple - almost like a cup cake without the paper cases. These cakes are light and airy but with the crunchy contrast of the nuts.

Ingredients

55 g/2 oz chocolate, broken into pieces
2 tbsp water

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Lightly butter a 12 hole bun tin.

Melt the chocolate with the water and set aside.

Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Gradually add the eggs and vanilla, beating well after each addition. Beat in the chocola