Maple Walnut Pound Cake

By cnash

I just found this in the local newspaper and it sounds so delicious that I just had to post it.

Ingredients

• 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
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk (add extra by tsp if needed)
• 1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring
• walnut halves (to garnish)

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 80mins
Adapted from food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 In mixer bowl cream butter and sugars until fluffy. 2 In another bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. 3 In measuring cup combine milk and maple flavoring, and beat into butter mixture alternatively with flour mixture. 4 Beat in eggs 1 at a time. 5 Mix in 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts. 6 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. 7 Cool in pan 15 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely. 8 Drizzle with maple glaze and garnish with walnuts. 9 Maple Glaze: 10 In a small bowl mix 1 cup sifted powdered sugar with 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons 11 Milk to make a glaze of thick pouring consistency. Stir in 1/2 teaspoons maple flavoring.