Good luck doing the tomatoes! I think I am starting to love Italian Baking Secrets….

ahh–got my tomato work done last weekend. unusually cool weather has slowed the tomato onslaught in our garden. if we don’t get another hot spell soon it’s going to be green tomato frittata and green tomato chutney time.

This looks wonderful! Do you think pecans would work just as well? I am not too fond of walnuts.

Oh my has a year flown by already! Have fun with the sauce making.

This cake is definitely for a coffee addict like me! Delicious!

Ivonne, I’m with you in spirit (or at least in New Jersey). Wishing you loads of great family stories and big belly laughs during your tomato ritual. Loved the article last year. Can’t believe it’s been a year already! Glad you kept blogging and sharing your wonderful recipes and experiences with us readers.

I loved your story last year about the tomatoes!
This walnut cake looks just up my alley.

Two cups of walnuts! My dad would love this, heck I think we all would!
Wish I could do tomatoes with you, what fun.

I’d love to be able to join in on the tomatoes, especially as I missed my chance at a second batch so I could do my own tomatoes here! Oh well. Good luck!

I am SO making this today. I don’t have walnuts but that’s why God invented halftime… I’ll link back here on my blog and let you know how it goes!

I always think it’s amazing, when other parts of the world is still celebrating the end of Summer with abundant harvest and cheers in the garden, our part here down under is still celebrating Spring and everything has just started growing. I love eating walnuts fresh cracked from the shells. My kids usually don’t want walnuts in the cake but they just love to crack them and simply enjoy them that way.

This cake makes a great bribe for helpers. Maybe if I made one there would be more hands for preparing the onslaught of tomatoes. I love the combinationof coffee and walnuts.

Coffee ands nuts; what a perfect combination!!! This cake would be just the ticket when taking a break from being up to your elbows in tomatoes. Hope you had a glass of wine as well!!!

You know that if I could, I would be here in a heartbeat!
A pan of your mom’s lasagna is awaiting my parents tomorrow night, and I can’t wait to see the smile on their face!
Have fun tomatoing!

How long would you bake this in a round 8inch cake tin? It looks beautiful!

Mmm….looks like you’re really loving that book! And so am I! Hehe.

Oh, you know I would be there if I could! But I did pitch in on some tomato canning last weekend at a friend’s house. And I’m considering getting a case of my own for this weekend. I’ll definitely be thinking of all you up there!

Have fun with the canning. Gosh is this cake a rustic beauty, the cookbook looks like a winner.

That cake looks scrumptious, I love these kind of cakes (or should I call them tortes) made with ground nuts!

Ah, I have such fond memories of my Italian neighbors and their tomato sauce making; I never knew if there were more aunts and cousins running around the place, or boxes of tomatoes. I desperately wanted to be part of the family at that time of year! Have loads of fun.

I just wanted to tell you that I read your guide to Vienna which is great! I am in Vienna for a couple of month making the magic at Demel

Oh, I forgot to menation that I’m not the Tea from Tea and Cookies! Hehe

Ivonne - You know, just before leaving the US I was thinking of you and your family at it with the tomatoes. Your post on making tomato sauce is one of my favorites on your blog. If I were in the area, I would have gladly pitched in, but not only to help…also because this walnut and espresso cake looks divine. Nuts and coffee - can’t go wrong.

Your apple strudel looks fantastic. mmm…I learned something from you. Now I know why my butter oozes out when I tried to do a croissant in Singapore… the weather is simply too hot in my living room. I should chill the butter and then after folding it, put it in the fridge to chill it again before rolling it. It’s nice to learn stuff like this.

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Ivonne, just got a chance to read your posts. This cake would certainly be a hit with my family (escpecially with me since I am a coffee addict)! You know I actually have that book and haven’t baked any recipe from it yet! Hope you have fun canning the tomatoes!