Mexican Wedding Cake

Mexican wedding cake is a cake baked in the shape of a cookie and in a traditional Mexican wedding, this kind of cake makes the perfect treat for the guests, being served in multi layered trays. The cake comes with a rich, buttery, and crunchy texture and a nutty taste. This white colored cake is mainly made of flour, butter, vanilla and nuts. Because of its shape, the Mexican wedding cake is also known as a cookie.

 

Origin of Mexican Wedding Cake Recipe

Even though the Mexican wedding cake seems to be Mexican, it is originally not so. It is believed to have originated from the Middle Eastern nut cakes after 1950 because earlier there was no mention of these cakes in the cookbooks. Arab bakers used to sell breads containing high sugar and nuts and they used to change the temperature of their ovens while selling the cake dough. Thus, the Middle Eastern nuts cakes are believed to be the ancestor of Mexican wedding cake.

 

Ingredients and Method of Preparing Mexican Wedding Cake

The basic ingredients suggested in the Mexican wedding cake recipe are flour, butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, salt, and chopped roasted pecans. Firstly, butter, powdered sugar and vanilla are mixed in a bowl. Flour, salt and pecans are mixed separately in another bowl. Later, all the ingredients are combined together and this mixture is put in a non sticky baking tray. It is a general trend to pre heat the oven at 350 degree prior to baking the cake for around 40 minutes.

 

Variations in Mexican Wedding Cake

With time, the preparation sttyle of the Mexican wedding cake recipe has also changed. People add different flavors like butterscotch, chocolate and use fruits such as pineapple, orange, strawberry and lime which give a different taste to the cake. These cakes are easily available in assorted flavors commercially.

 

Serving Mexican Wedding Cake

Because of their extravagant and rich quality, these cakes are served on special occasions. Apart from marriages, this cake is also popular during Christmas, holidays and other festive seasons. It is served usually with milk, tea or coffee. It can be either eaten as a dessert or a casual treat or snack.

 

Some Health Facts Related to Mexican Wedding Cake Recipe

Although the use of nuts makes the Mexican Wedding cake healthy, too much use of rich butter and sugar can make the baked food unhealthy for people with diabetic issues and people who are calorie conscious.