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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 80 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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I just found this in the local newspaper and it sounds so delicious that I just had to post it. Ingredients:
1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened |
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar |
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed |
2 1/4 cups flour |
1 teaspoon baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1/4 cup milk |
1 tablespoon maple flavoring |
5 eggs |
1 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped |
1 cup powdered sugar |
1 tablespoon milk (add extra by tsp if needed) |
1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring |
walnut halves (to garnish) |
Directions:
1. In mixer bowl cream butter and sugars until fluffy.
2. In another bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
3. In measuring cup combine milk and maple flavoring, and beat into butter mixture alternatively with flour mixture.
4. Beat in eggs 1 at a time.
5. Mix in 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts.
6. 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.
7. Cool in pan 15 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
8. Drizzle with maple glaze and garnish with walnuts.
9. Maple Glaze:
10. In a small bowl mix 1 cup sifted powdered sugar with 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons
11. Milk to make a glaze of thick pouring consistency. Stir in 1/2 teaspoons maple flavoring.
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