Maple Spice Cake
This cake is delicious if you are lucky enough to get real maple syrup. Serve warm with a little vanilla ice cream or ice with maple butter icing.
Ingredients
Serves: 20
- 2 cups (250g) cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 125g copha
- 2/3 cup (100g) packed brown sugar
- 1 cup (250ml) real maple syrup
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup sour cream
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:45min
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and flour two 20cm round cake tins.
- Sift together into a bowl the cake flour, bicarb soda, baking powder, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Add the copha, brown sugar, maple syrup and 2/3 cup sour cream. Beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer set at medium speed.
- Beat in the eggs and 1/3 cup sour cream and mix for another 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared tins.
- Bake at 180 degrees C for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake springs back lightly when touched. Cool for 5 minutes then remove from tins and continue cooling.
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Great recipe! I would suggest using fresh ginger and adding some vanilla. Also, I used whole wheat pastry flour for half of the flour, butter instead of shortening, and yogurt instead of sour cream. I added raisins for some more texture. For the frosting, I made a cinammon whipped cream cheese frosting and sprinkled the top with crushed walnuts. I made the cake for a friend's birthday and everyone loved it. The ginger really adds something special. - 07 Jul 2004 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Wonderful cake. Moist and flavorful. I followed exactly except used a Bundt pan and baked for 45 minutes. Frosted with a maple-cream cheese frosting that I made very soft and sort of draped over the cake. Then I grated some hazelnuts and chocolate dust over the top - beautiful presentation! Thanks for the great recipe! OH. I used butter instead of shortening, too. - 27 Aug 2009 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Very good cake! I baked this for my sister's birthday, and it was very well received. I just used a basic powdered sugar/milk icing, and there was more than one comment of 'best cake ever'. I also used softened butter instead of shortening. - 27 Nov 2009 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)