Maple Walnut Pound Cake
- 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
- MAPLE GLAZE
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk (add extra by tsp if needed)
- 1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring
- walnut halves (to garnish)
- In mixer bowl cream butter and sugars until fluffy.
- In another bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- In measuring cup combine milk and maple flavoring, and beat into butter mixture alternatively with flour mixture.
- Beat in eggs 1 at a time.
- Mix in 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts.
- 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.
- Cool in pan 15 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
- Drizzle with maple glaze and garnish with walnuts.
- Maple Glaze:
- In a small bowl mix 1 cup sifted powdered sugar with 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons
- Milk to make a glaze of thick pouring consistency. Stir in 1/2 teaspoons maple flavoring.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/maple-walnut-pound-cake-314142 (may not work)