For California Walnuts, by Lisa Faulkner
Ingredients:
- 200g softened butter
- 200g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 150g walnuts
- 60g flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch salt
- 300g Mincemeat
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan)
2. Grease a 20cm shallow sandwich tin . (I use a 20cm fluted tart tin)
3. Tip the walnuts and flour into a food processor and blitz until breadcrumbs.
4. Either in a stand mixer or with an electric whisk beat the butter and sugar together until pale, add the eggs one at a time then the ground walnuts and flour. Stir through the vanilla extract and a pinch of salt.
5. Spoon half the mixture into the tart tin then spoon over a layer of mincemeat and cover with the rest of the mixture.
6. Bake in the oven for about 40-45minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
7. When the cake has cooled enough to take out of the tin put on a lovely serving plate. Serve warm or room temp.