Maple...It's a Fall Thing Y'all
I know I have a few more days until Fall...but
Fall is my most FAVORITE SEASON EEEEEEEEVER.
And sadly I live in Texas where we go from green to yellow to dead in seconds flat, but I am still a lover of Fall.
I love Orange, Pumpkins, Wassail, Candy Corn, Leaves, Maple like things....Cinnamon smells...name something about this season I am in Love. I can feel myself getting giddy just thinking about it!
So stay with me through all my blogs on cakes and cookies this Fall.
Today I made the Pecan Maple Snack Cake...from the the 2008 Cooking Light. I only break these Fall recipes out with maple once a year....like to keep things bam good you know!
This says to make in a 9x9...I make this in a 11x7...(trying to feed a crowd)
I also double the frosting...we like it thick you know!
Cake:
1 cup
maple syrup (use the good stuff)
1 cup
reduced-fat sour cream
(I used the full stuff)
1/4 cup
butter, melted
1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
1
large egg
2 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour (about 11 1/4 ounces)
1 teaspoon
baking soda
1/4 cup
chopped pecans, toasted
1/2 teaspoon
salt
Frosting:
1 1/2 cups
powdered sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons
maple syrup
1 tablespoon
whipping cream
1/8 teaspoon
salt
1/4 cup
chopped pecans, toasted
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. To prepare cake, combine first 5 ingredients, stirring well with a whisk.
3. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
Combine flour, baking soda, 1/4 cup pecans, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a
large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add syrup mixture to flour mixture;
stir until well blended. Pour batter into a 9-inch square baking pan
coated with cooking spray. (again I used an 11x7)
Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a wooden
pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack.
4. To prepare frosting, combine sugar, 2 1/2 tablespoons syrup,
cream, and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until
smooth. Spread frosting evenly over cooled cake; sprinkle with 1/4 cup
pecans
That's it...sit back and enjoy this sweetheart with a cup of cocoa or coffee.....you can thank me later!
*side note....my hubs hates those plates in the picture. He only likes to buy things in complete sets. I was at this adorable shop 10 years ago and she was having a sell...she had 4 of these blue like color plates marked down to $2 a piece.....I just had to have them. He said since there was only 4 I shouldn't have gotten them. Why not? If 3 friends come over and we have a coffeecake and coffee...BAM. 4 ppl 4 adorable plates.
I will eat my breakfast sometimes on them with my favorite coffee mug...funny how a plate and mug can make a day start off great. He has tried to get me to sell the plates. NO
It's the little things in life huh?!
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