Maple Syrup Cake with Maple Syrup Icing

maple syrup cake recipe and maple syrup icing recipe featured

A delicious cake with a subtle maple syrup flavour and a delightful maple frosting.

Course brunch, Dessert

Cuisine canadian

Keyword cake recipe, maple syrup recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 35

cooling time 30

Total Time 1 20

Servings servings

Calories 833kcal

Author Jen

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
2 ½ cup all purpose flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup real maple syrup
½ cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
¾ cup sour cream
⅓ cup real maple syrup
3 tablespoon unsalted butter melted
2 ½ cup icing sugar

Instructions

Butter a 9" square baking dish. Line the bottom of the dish with parchment paper. Butter and flour the parchment paper.
Pre-heat the oven to 350°F
Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
Beat maple syrup, butter and sugar 3-5 minutes, until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix in vanilla.
Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternately with two batches of the sour cream to the mixer. Beat until combined.Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternately with two batches of the sour cream to the mixer. Beat until combined.
Pour batter into buttered baking dish, bake at 350°F for 25-35 minutes, until golden on top.
Remove cake from oven, let cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan and letting cool completely on a rack.
To make the icing for the cake. Mix together maple syrup, melted butter and icing sugar. Add more maple syrup or icing sugar, depending on the consistency of the icing.
Spread icing on the completely cooled cake.

Notes

Nutrition Info is to be used as a rough guide. Nutrition Info is based on the products I am using and you may not be using the same products/brands. Thus, the Nutrition Info may vary.

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