Maple Nut Cake
Recipe: #4092
January 16, 2012
Categories: Desserts, Cupcakes, Eggs, Baby Shower, Birthday, Christmas, Fathers Day, July 4th, Mothers Day New Years, Potluck, Valentine's Day, Oven Bake, more
"I found this recipe on another website a long time ago and although I am a major chocolate lover this cake is the top of my favourites list. So that's saying a lot! Sometimes I omit the nuts and it still turns out great."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (769.9 g)
- Calories 2948.9
- Total Fat - 145.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 26.1 g
- Cholesterol - 355.7 mg
- Sodium - 1143 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 374.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 11.5 g
- Sugars - 203.3 g
- Protein - 41.9 g
- Calcium - 641 mg
- Iron - 7.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 7.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.6 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and grease one 8x8 inch square pan.
Step 2
Cream the butter, add the sugar and continue creaming until light and fluffy.
Step 3
Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the maple flavoring - double if using imitation.
Step 4
Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Step 5
Add the flour mixture in 3 parts alternately with the milk to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
Step 6
Stir in the walnuts and pour in the prepared pan.
Step 7
Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until an toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Step 8
Let cake cool then frost with Maple Butter Frosting.
Step 9
Can make into cupcakes too, just adjust baking time accordingly.
Tips
No special items needed.