ref=”https://thinktasty1.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/HoneyWalnut.jpg”>Here’s a rare kind of recipe — it brings together the best of from-scratch baking and convenience foods. Starting with quick and easy cake mix, you add a little honey, some walnuts, and a couple of kitchen staples to create a moist, sweet quick bread that’s great for breakfast, a coffee break, or even dessert. Finish it with a quick and easy homemade glaze. This recipe comes to us from the Inn at Westwynd Farm B&B in Hummelstown, PA, which is, yes, really on a (horse) farm. If you’re a patient or visitor at the nearby Hershey Medical Center, ask about the Inn’s reduced rates.
- 1 package super moist yellow cake mix
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- ¼ cup honey
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tbsp. milk
- ½ tsp. vanilla
- Additional chopped walnuts
- Heat oven to 350. Grease bottom & sides of 2 loaf pans with spray.
- Beat cake mix with other ingredients on low for 30 seconds and then on medium for two minutes. Pour into pans.
- Bake 8 inch pans 50-60 minutes, 9 inch pans 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 15 minutes before removing from pans. Cool at least an hour before frosting with glaze.
- Mix sugar 1 tblsp. of milk and vanilla. Stir in additional milk 1 tsp at a time until smooth and the consistency of a very thick syrup. Spread glaze over top of loaves allowing some to dribble down the sides. Sprinkle additional nuts over top of loaves.