Anyone make Mexican Wedding Cake?

[Piecey]

I was going to make some and can't find my recipe.

So I searched online and found recipes that call for unsalted butter. I don't remember using unsalted butter.
There are about a million different variations!

I am trying the one closest to what I remember and hoping for the best.

So how do you make yours? Regular butter? Almond extract? Unsalted butter?? There are so many options!!

 

[alexandria674]

2/3 cup toasted nuts (pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts)

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1/4 cup confectioners' (powdered or icing) sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

Topping:

1 cup powdered sugar, sifted

There are more recipes for this type of cake, the one I showed to you is like a cookie, others make theirs like a bread pudding and there are other ways to.

 

[madmom1030]

I use Paula Deen's recipe. I use unsalted butter, I use this for all of my cookies. I use real vanilla, no almond. I use pecan chips for nuts.

Erin

 

[WDWtraveler27]

Mexican wedding cake? What is this strange thing you speak of?

 

[Piecey]

Mexican wedding cake? What is this strange thing you speak of?

They're delicious!

I make the cookie version, they look like this:

*I borrowed that picture, those aren't the ones I made*

They're very light and delicate and super easy to whip up.

 

[BabyTigger99]

That picture looks like the ones my mom makes. They are my most favorite cookie in the whole wide world!!!

 

[PaulaSue]

I never heard of the cake but we make the cookies every christmas. YUMMY

 

[MomNeedsVacay]

I never knew what these were called!! They are definitely a cookie.... is the cake the same??

 

[Piecey]

I never knew what these were called!! They are definitely a cookie.... is the cake the same??

Not quite. Most of the recipes I found described it as fruity and they almost all required crushed pineapple.