Recipes For Mexican Wedding Cakes

Mexican cuisine is known for varied flavors, spices, colorful decorations and for the variety of ingredients. The cakes makes no exceptions. Mexican cakes are different than any other cakes because they have more flavors and spices. Mexican wedding cakes usually contains ground nuts: pecans, hazelnut, almonds or walnut. The secret of the delicious taste is to use butter and pure vanilla extract. The best one is Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract.

A popular traditional recipe is some kind of cookie, pecan cookies balls known as Mexican wedding cakes. So you must have them at your wedding if you are planning a Mexican theme. It is an easy recipes it takes only 20 minutes to prepare.

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Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, divided

2 teaspoons McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract

1/2 teaspoon McCormick Nutmeg, Ground

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 cups flour

2 cups finely chopped pecans

Directions: Beat the butter with electric mixer until light and fluffy, add ½ cup of sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and salt, beat well until blended, then stir flour and pecans. Shape into 1 inch balls than bake for 15 minute, then roll the cookies in sugar.

Chocolate is part of the Mexican history and wedding tradition, so if you are planning a Mexican wedding you must make a Mexican chocolate cake. You can try this moist chocolate cake with a hint of cinnamon, you can make one layer cake or two layer cake. This cake is easy to make, will not take too much time will be ready in 45 minutes and will serve 36 people. Here is what you will need:

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2 cups white sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup margarine, softened

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 cup water

1/2 cup sour milk

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions: first preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Stir the flour, cacao, sugar, baking soda and cinnamon, then put the margarine, oil, water, sour milk, eggs, vanilla and mix until smooth, then out it into the prepared pan. Let it into the oven for 25 to 30 minutes. At the end you can decorate the cake with dark chocolate icing, or white chocolate icing, buttercream cheese or you can add any type of filling and icing you want.

Mexican cakes look simple usually with one layer or two, traditional Mexican cakes don't have too much decorations they don't look sophisticate but they taste delicious.