Maple Nut Cake Recipes

MAPLE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease an 8x8 inch square pan.
• Cream the butter, add the sugar and continue creaming until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time.
• Stir in the maple flavoring.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Add the flour mixture in 3 parts alternately with the milk to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
• Stir in the walnuts and pour in the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until an toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let cake cool completely, then frost with Maple Butter Frosting.

MAPLE-WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Make the frosting: Whisk the egg whites and maple sugar in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water (do not let the bowl touch the water) until the mixture is warm and the sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Remove the bowl from the pan and beat with a mixer on high speed until stiff, shiny peaks form, about 5 minutes. Beat in the butter a few pieces at a time, then continue beating until smooth. (Don't worry if the mixture looks separated at first; keep beating and it will come together.) Beat in the maple extract.
• Assemble the cake: Poke holes all over the tops of the 2 cake layers using a toothpick. Spoon the reserved walnut syrup over the cakes, letting it soak into the holes.
• Coarsely chop the walnuts. Transfer 1 cup frosting to a medium bowl; fold in the chopped nuts. Put 1 cake layer on a platter and spread the walnut frosting on top. Top with the second cake layer. Cover the whole cake with the remaining maple frosting. Decorate with more walnuts.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter two 9-inch-round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper; butter the parchment and dust the pans with flour, tapping out the excess.
• Whisk 3 cups flour, the baking powder and salt in a bowl until combined. Beat 2 sticks butter and the sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to medium; beat in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl as needed. Beat in the vanilla. (The mixture may look separated at this point.)
• Mix 1/2 cup water with the cream in a liquid measuring cup or bowl. Beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the cream mixture, beginning and ending with flour, until just smooth.
• Divide the batter between the prepared pans. Bake until the cakes are lightly golden on top and the centers spring back when pressed, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer to racks and let cool 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edge of the pans and turn the cakes out onto the racks to cool completely. Remove the parchment. Trim the tops of the cakes with a long serrated knife to make them level, if desired.

MAPLE NUT CHIFFON CAKE WITH GOLDEN BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Sift cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a bowl.
• Stir in the brown sugar.
• Make a well; add oil, egg yolks, water, maple flavoring in order given.
• Beat until smooth.
• In another bowl beat egg whites and cream of tarter until very stiff (I would do this first).
• Pour yolk mixture over whites, folding very carefully to prevent breaking whites.
• Add walnuts.
• Pour into an ungreased tube pan.
• Bake 55 minutes in a 325 degree Fahrenheit oven; then for last 10 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit; invert when done.
• FROSTING:.
• Melt butter until golden brown; don't scorch.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in powdered sugar.
• Blend in sweet cream and maple flavoring.
• Beat until smooth.
• Spread on chiffon or angel cake.

MAPLE WALNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In mixer bowl cream butter and sugars until fluffy.
• In another bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• In measuring cup combine milk and maple flavoring, and beat into butter mixture alternatively with flour mixture.
• Beat in eggs 1 at a time.
• Mix in 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts.
• Turn into greased 9 or 10 inch tube pan and bake in lower third of 300-degree oven 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, just until pick inserted into center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 15 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
• Drizzle with maple glaze and garnish with walnuts.
• Maple Glaze:
• In a small bowl mix 1 cup sifted powdered sugar with 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons
• Milk to make a glaze of thick pouring consistency. Stir in 1/2 teaspoons maple flavoring.

MAPLE TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Boil butter and water in small saucepan.
• Cream eggs, sugar, and sour cream in mixer or large mixing bowl.
• In separate bowl combine dry ingredients.
• Start alternating the butter/water mixture and dry mixture into the egg/sugar mixture.
• Add maple flavoring and mix well.
• Pour into greased 15x10 pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 22 minutes or until tested done in center.
• While cake is baking, start on Icing.
• Boil butter and milk in small saucepan. Remove from heat and add sugar and maple flavoring. Mix until smooth.
• Fold in walnuts.
• Pour onto cake about 5 minutes after coming out of the oven.
• Enjoy warm or cold!

COLONIAL MAPLE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350F degrees.
• Grease and flour 12-cup fluted pan.
• In large bowl combine all cake ingredients EXCEPT nuts.
• Blend at low speed until moistened, then at high for 2 minutes.
• Fold in nuts.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes.
• Cool in pan, then turn onto plate.
• Blend glaze ingredients until smooth.
• Spoon over cooled cake.