Maple Cake

[Amber Gold]

Talking with a friend of mine ove the weekend and we came to a great idea...a maple cake with a maple buttercream or maple cream buttercream frosting. I have a buttercream recipe...not sure if using straight syrup or maple cream would work better...thoughts on that?? I do not have a maple cake recipe though. Can someone help me out??

Thanks

[adk1]

I make a real simple maple pudding cake that is awesome.

[Ausable]

Talking with a friend of mine ove the weekend and we came to a great idea...a maple cake with a maple buttercream or maple cream buttercream frosting. I have a buttercream recipe...not sure if using straight syrup or maple cream would work better...thoughts on that?? I do not have a maple cake recipe though. Can someone help me out??

Thanks

Howdy - Use a search engine and go to Cooks.com and type in maple cake recipes and pick the recipe of your choice - the number of selections will be awesome. My Wife and I use this site for new ideas alot. ---Mike

[Amber Gold]

Mike, good idea...I forgot about that.

adk1, could you post that recipe or send it by PM...sounds good.

Thanks

[Amber Gold]

Maple Layer Cake
Ingredients
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted, plus more for pans
• 2 cups pure maple syrup, preferably grade A dark amber
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups chopped (6 ounces) walnuts
• Maple Buttercream Frosting
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 9-by-2-inch round cake pans, and dust with flour. Tap out any excess flour, and set pans aside.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until creamy. Add the maple syrup, and beat until combined. Add the eggs, and beat until combined.
3. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and ginger. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, and beat to combine. Beat in the milk and vanilla extract until combined. Stir in 3/4 cup chopped walnuts.
4. Divide batter between the two prepared pans. Bake until golden and a cake tester inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 40 minutes; rotate the cake pans halfway through baking time to ensure even baking. Transfer pans to a wire rack to cool.
5. Turn out cakes, and place one, top-side up, on a cake stand or platter. Spread 1 1/2 cups maple buttercream frosting evenly over the top. Place the second cake layer on top, and spread the remaining 2 1/2 cups frosting around the sides and over the top. Using your hands, gently press the remaining 3/4 cup walnuts onto the sides of the cake.

[Amber Gold]

Maple Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients
Makes 4 cups
• 6 large egg yolks
• 2 cups pure maple syrup, preferably grade A dark amber
• 1 pound (4 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
Directions
1. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat egg yolks on high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, pour maple syrup into a medium saucepan. Place pan over medium-high heat; bring syrup to a boil. Cook syrup until a candy thermometer registers 240 degrees (just above soft-ball stage), about 15 minutes.
3. Remove the saucepan from the heat. While the electric mixer is running, pour the syrup in a slow, steady stream down the side of the mixing bowl into the egg-yolk mixture (it is essential that the syrup touches the side of the bowl as you pour it in so the sugar will be very evenly incorporated and not splatter onto the sides of the bowl) until the syrup has been completely incorporated, about 1 1/2 minutes. Beat until the bowl is just slightly warm to the touch, 5 to 6 minutes.
4. Add butter, one piece at a time, until all of it has been completely incorporated and the frosting is fluffy, about 4 minutes more. Use immediately.

[TapME]

you guys are 40 years late, I have been making and eating maple cake and maple frosting for my birthday cake at least that long( that's how long I have been away from home and making this cake). Just glad someone else likes it too. Try the cooked frosting and add maple syrup it's better. Walnuts arn't a bad addition to the batter.

[Breezy Lane Sugarworks]

Maple upside-down cake is excellent too!! don't know the recipe, but i know that's what it's called.

[ComputerSteve]

This is an old thread, but appropriate, as my birthday is coming up soon and maple cake & frosting sounds interesting. Time to try something new!