Maple Syrup Spice Cake

Recipe for Maple Sugar Nut Filling & Cake in Nordic Ware Bundt Pan

© Liliana Tommasini

Mar 3, 2009

This sweet maple syrup spice cake not only contains a whole one and one half cups of pure maple syrup, the filling and topping are sweetened with coarse maple sugar. The darker the syrup, the stronger the flavour so a Canada Grade No. 2/Amber or American Grade Rank A/ Dark Amber maple syrup is recommended for this cake. The cake can be baked in a Nordic Ware bundt pan or a tube pan. A scoop of ice cream really puts the 'icing' on this cake.

*Canadian and American Grades/Colours for Pure Maple Syrup Charts

Canadian Grade/Colour Pure Maple Syrup Chart

• Canada No. 1 / Extra light
• Canada No. 1 / Light
• Canada No. 1 / Medium
• Canada No. 2 / Amber
• Canada No. 3 / Dark

American Grade/Colour Maple Syrup Chart

• Rank A / Amber Light
• Rank A / Medium Amber
• Rank A / Dark Amber
• Rank B / For Reprocessing
• Substandard / Substandard

Source for Canadian - American Grade/Colour charts: Acadian Maple Products

Maple Syrup Spice Cake With Maple Sugar Nut Filling

Ingredients:

Cake:

• ½ cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 eggs beaten
• 1 1/2 cups maple syrup (Canadian Grade No. 2 or American Grade Rank A)
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• Pinch of salt
• 3 cups cake and pastry flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg

Filling and topping:

• 2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans
• 1 cup maple sugar

Icing: (optional)

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2 tbsp maple syrup (or more if needed)

Equipment:

• Bundt or tube pan

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a bundt or tube pan.

Filling and topping:

Mix chopped nuts and maple sugar in a small bowl.

Cake:

1. Cream the butter and add the sugar gradually beating well after each addition.
2. Add the beaten eggs and mix well.
3. Then, add the maple syrup.
4. In a medium size bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt.
5. Beating well after each addition, add the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk in three additions: (1/3 of the flour mixture,1/2 of the buttermilk, another 1/3 of the flour mixture, the other 1/2 of the buttermilk, ending with the last 1/3 of flour mixture.)
6. Pour half the batter into the prepared bundt pan. Sprinkle half the filling and topping. Pour remaining batter on top.
7. Bake for 50-55 minutes.
8. Let cool completely before icing (if using).

Icing:

In a small bowl, mix icing sugar and maple syrup until pouring consistency. Add more maple syrup if necessary.

Serving Suggestion:

Serve with a tall cold glass of milk or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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