Maple Walnut Cake With Maple Frosting

A delicious maple walnut cake with a maple cream cheese frosting. Crunchy, sweet and perfect. From grandmotherskitchen.org.

Maple Walnut Cake With Maple Frosting


Ingredients:

Cake
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 Tablespoons vegetable shortening, room temperature
2 cups pure maple syrup
3 large egg yolks
1 large egg
1 1/4 cup whole milk
1 cup walnuts, toasted, coarsely chopped (if tolerated)

Frosting
3 cups confectioners' sugar
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 Tablespoons pure maple syrup
Toasted walnut pieces (if tolerated)
Chopped dark chocolate (optional to sprinkle on cake) or try white chocolate


Directions:

Cake
Heat oven to 325F. Grease a 9 x 13 inch cake pan, line with parchment, and grease again.

In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.

Using a mixer, cream the butter and shortening until fluffy.

Add the maple syrup and beat until smooth; add egg yolks and whole egg, one at a time, beating until smooth after each.

Alternate adding the flour mixture (3 additions) with the milk (2 additions).

With a spoon, stir in the walnuts.

Divide the batter and bake for 40-50 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean.

Cool in pan and then flip pan and remove, transferring to a cooling rack and cool completely.

Frosting
Beat the confectioners' sugar, cream cheese and butter until smooth.

Add the maple syrup and whip until combined.

Spread over cooled cake thickly.

In a small bowl, mix together chopped toasted walnuts and chopped chocolate and sprinkle on cake before serving.