Black Walnuts

[Cool Foot Luke]

Someone convince me that the Carrot Cake that I brought into work to share with my co-workers was just sophisticated and earthy and not bitter...

[radial]

I think there is something in black walnuts that some people find really repellant.  It's probably genetic.  You've either got the receptors or you don't.  I've got 'em.  Everyone in my family raves about fudge with black walnuts.  I always smile and nibble... and throw the rest in the trash when no one's looking.  Use English walnuts next time and see if you don't have more fans. 

[Cool Foot Luke]

They're going over reasonably well, just not the amazement and rapid disappearance that I was hoping for (and elicit when I make something more standard like the pies last month or chocolate chip cookies).

I wanted to bake a birthday cake but didn't have a celebration or anything, so I ate a couple of pieces last night and brought the rest to the office today. I actually think it's good to be able to foist my creations on them.

[radial]

They're going over reasonably well, just not the amazement and rapid disappearance that I was hoping for (and elicit when I make something more standard like the pies last month or chocolate chip cookies).

I wanted to bake a birthday cake but didn't have a celebration or anything, so I ate a couple of pieces last night and brought the rest to the office today. I actually think it's good to be able to foist my creations on them.

I wish you worked in my office. 

[Magic Microbe]

I cannot stand black walnuts. They ruin baked goods....make the entire thing bitter. The rest of my family loves them though.

[triciaflower]

I wonder if it's the skin?

There is a Persian dish made with walnuts and my MIL spent 30 minutes rubbing the skins off as they were toasting.

[Run Amok]

I grew up in CA and a friend had a huge black walnut growing in her front yard. Her grandmother would pay us to pick them for her. They totally ruined me for any kind of walnut. Even just the smell of them turns my stomach. Bleah.

[Magic Microbe]

I grew up in CA and a friend had a huge black walnut growing in her front yard. Her grandmother would pay us to pick them for her. They totally ruined me for any kind of walnut. Even just the smell of them turns my stomach. Bleah.

We had one in our yard as a kid. We were expected to pick and shell them for my mom...which I hated because I don't even like to eat them. My mom puts them in all her baked goods.

[Run Amok]

We had one in our yard as a kid. We were expected to pick and shell them for my mom...which I hated because I don't even like to eat them. My mom puts them in all her baked goods.

So you know just what I mean. That bitter stink that stains your hands for days. 

[caribougrrl]

I love the smell of black walnut skins!  I have never eaten a black walnut though because despite them littering the backyard where I grew up, I was always told that black walnuts were poisonous.  When, as an adult, I found out they weren't, I asked mom about it and she said her mother always told her they were poisonous... so we asked her and she said the same... I asked my great-grandfather about it and he said, "Nothing ever grows under a black walnut tree, they must be poison.".    Thank god my family has longevity or I may have never solved that one.

[Kumbaya]

Not a black walnut fan now.  They are too "strong" I think - for lack of a better word.

Although when we were kids we used to smash 'em open with rocks at my dad's farm and eat them right under the tree.

[moroccangirl]

I've never heard of black walnuts. I don't think I've ever seen them, either.

[radial]

I've never heard of black walnuts. I don't think I've ever seen them, either.

They are the ones that taste like mildew smells.  Other than that, scrumptious!

[moroccangirl]

They are the ones that taste like mildew smells.  Other than that, scrumptious!

Lol. I've said something tastes like cigarettes before and DH wanted to know the last time I ate a cigarette. Sometimes you smell something and can imagine the taste.

[Magic Microbe]

Lol. I've said something tastes like cigarettes before and DH wanted to know the last time I ate a cigarette. Sometimes you smell something and can imagine the taste.

Saki tastes like rubbing alcohol...yet I have never actually drank rubbing alcohol.

[Cool Foot Luke]

Still trying to use these up, so I made another carrot cake. This time, I roasted the walnuts for a while and chopped them up very finely. It was much better. Just seemed to add some more depth to the cake instead of overpowering it.

Next intervention is to reduce the oil. I had already cut it a little bit, but it's still very moist and could probably work with even less. Keep going down this road and I can pretend that it's health food

[Dagstag v 2.0]

Next intervention is to reduce the oil. I had already cut it a little bit, but it's still very moist and could probably work with even less. Keep going down this road and I can pretend that it's health food

In a carrot cake?  My mom uses prune puree and it turns out really well.

I made a paleo carrot cake that only used 1/4 cup coconut oil, and it was really fucking great.  It had walnuts in it, though (not black walnuts.)

[Run Amok]

Apple sauce works well, or maybe you could use carrot puree.

[onawhim]

I made a paleo carrot cake that only used 1/4 cup coconut oil, and it was really fucking great.  It had walnuts in it, though (not black walnuts.)

recipe? 

[Dagstag v 2.0]

recipe? 

http://fortycakes.com/new/paleo-carrot-cake-with-honey-frosting/

It calls for hazelnuts, but they're not my fave, and I had a lot of walnuts, so.

(I did not make the honey frosting, but I'm sure it's great, too!)

[diablita]

sounds good.  I really like baking with almond flour.

[Dagstag v 2.0]

sounds good.  I really like baking with almond flour.

Me too!  Ever since that clementine cake.