Join me as I make Lord Amothus’s Yule Sour Cream Walnut Cake – From Tika’s Cookbook for the first time! This is a recipe from Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home sourcebook, originally released in 1987. The recipes are compiled by Tika Waylan Majere. You can buy Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/309152/Leaves-from-the-Inn-of-the-Last-Home?term=leaves+from+the+inn+of+the+last?affiliate_id=50797
From Tika’s Cookbook
Lord Amothus’s Yule Sour Cream Walnut Cake
A Palanthian specialty, these cakes are given away at the royal palace during Yule.
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ pint sour cream
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups flour
- 7 walnut halves, whole
Topping:
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ cup sugar
Mix toppings ingredients; set aside. Cream butter and sugar; mix in eggs and vanilla, then sour cream. Sift together flour, soda, and baking powder; fold into butter mixture until smooth.
Pour ⅓ of batter into a greased, lightly floured tube pan. Sprinkle top of batter in pan with ⅓ topping mixture. Repeat procedure 2 more times. Decoratively arrange walnut halves on top of batter, sinking them slightly.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes. Cake is done when no batter sticks to toothpick or thin knife. Test frequently toward end of time to avoid over-baking.
Let cake pan cool on racks. When comfortable to touch, flip pan over and gently ease cake out. Flip cake over again onto cooling rack so that the walnuts are on top. Cool before removing to serving tray. Serve by the slice,
Transcript
Cold Open
This is a simple, moist and delicious recipe, perfect for Yule gifting.
Intro
Today I am making Lord Amothus’s Yule Sour Cream Walnut Cake from Tika’s Cookbook in Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home. If you have made this recipe, share your thoughts in the comments below!
Discussion
I had to muscle my wife out of my kitchen space as she was baking holiday goodies for our neighbors and friends, but once I had my little space clear and clean, I collected the ingredients: one-half a cup of butter, one cup sugar, two eggs, one teaspoon vanilla, one-half pint sour cream, one teaspoon baking powder, one teaspoon baking soda, two cups flour, seven walnut halves, whole. Then for the topping I collected one-half cup chopped walnuts, one teaspoon cinnamon, and one-fourth cup sugar.
I have a friend who shares the love of baking and Star Wars with me, and he gifted me an R2-D2 measuring cup and spoon set that I decided to use for this recipe, as some of this cake is going to him. I began mixing the topping ingredients by adding one-fourth cup sugar, one teaspoon cinnamon, and using a chopping tool I have never used before, but was sitting right next to me since my wife just used it for pecans. It just turned out to be the exact amount I needed that fit into the chopping receptacle.
After setting it all aside, I warmed up the butter, far too much, so that I could cream it with one cup of sugar. After it was smooth I added the sour cream. I am not a massive fan of sour cream so at this point I was a bit concerned that it wouldn’t turn out well. After folding the sour cream into the sugar and butter mixture I added two cups of flour and one teaspoon of baking powder and soda. I carefully mixed them into the batter, and was surprised how thick it ended up being. I expected it to be more liquidy.
I scooped a third of the batter into a lightly greased and floured tube pan, and covered it with a third of the topping mixture. I repeated this step two more times. Once it was all in, I added the half, whole walnuts, slightly pushing them into the batter. Then I warmed the oven to three hundred and fifty degrees and when it was finished preheating, I put the cake in the oven for forty-five minutes. I checked to make sure it was fully cooked, fearing that I had overcooked it, and let it cool. When it was cool enough to touch the pan, I upturned it onto a cooling rack, and flipped it over again, so the top was up. This is the opposite of a bunt cake in direction.
I have to be honest, this was surprisingly delicious and moist. It tasted so good, I will definitely be going back for more, and my friends will be lucky if I let them have any.
Outro
Thank you for tuning into this DragonLance Saga Recipe episode. This has been Adam with DragonLance Saga and until next time Slàinte mhath (slan-ge-var).
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