Maple Nut Chiffon Cake With Golden Butter Frosting
Created by dienia b on April 30, 2015
- Servings: 12-14
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 70m
- Recipe #18722
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups cake flour (sifted)
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 5 egg yolks
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 teaspoons maple flavoring
- 1 cup egg whites (18 is number)
- Libby has written by this
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup walnuts, finely chopped
- FROSTING
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
- 1/2 cup cream
How to Make
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Step 1: Sift cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a bowl.
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Step 2: Stir in the brown sugar.
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Step 3: Make a well; add oil, egg yolks, water, maple flavoring in order given.
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Step 4: Beat until smooth.
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Step 5: In another bowl beat egg whites and cream of tarter until very stiff (I would do this first).
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Step 6: Pour yolk mixture over whites, folding very carefully to prevent breaking whites.
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Step 7: Add walnuts.
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Step 8: Pour into an ungreased tube pan.
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Step 9: Bake 55 minutes in a 325 degree Fahrenheit oven; then for last 10 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit; invert when done.
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FOR THE FROSTING
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Step 10: Melt butter until golden brown; don't scorch.
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Step 11: Remove from heat.
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Step 12: Stir in powdered sugar.
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Step 13: Blend in sweet cream and maple flavoring.
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Step 14: Beat until smooth.
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Step 15: Spread on chiffon or angel cake
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (271.3 g)
- Calories 998.8
- Total Fat - 53.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 17.9 g
- Cholesterol - 1125.5 mg
- Sodium - 407.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 113.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.1 g
- Sugars - 92.4 g
- Protein - 20.9 g
- Calcium - 246 mg
- Iron - 4.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg