Mexican Dessert Recipes
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Mexican Wedding Cake
These individual cakes have a delicate flavor, thanks to the combination of walnut and vanilla. Traditional Mexican wedding cakes are also known by many other names, including teacakes, pecan sandies, Swedish teacakes, wedding cakes, snowballs, Italian butternuts, Viennese sugar balls, and Russian tea cakes.
These are served at Christmas and at parties and fiestas, such as wedding celebrations and christenings, but can also be enjoyed as a snack. This Mexican wedding cake recipe uses walnuts but pecans can also be used, depending on personal preference. The key to a successful Mexican wedding cake recipe is to ensure you use the best quality butter you can find and a pure vanilla extract rather than an artificial type.
Traditional Mexican Wedding Cakes
Ingredients -
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup softened butter
2 cups chopped walnuts
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
10 tablespoons powdered sugar
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Use an electric mixer to combine the flour, butter, nuts, vanilla and 8 tablespoons of the powdered sugar, and then roll the resulting dough into little balls.
Bake them for 10 to 12 minutes, or until done, then let them cool.
Roll the Mexican wedding cake balls in more powdered sugar.
