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By The Cookerydoo
A truly Canadian cake!
Ingredients
- 2 cups cake and pastry flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 2/3 cup butter
- 2/3 cup lightly packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp. maple flavouring
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees..
- Grease two 8 inch round cake pans - line bottoms with wax paper.
- Sift flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda together.
- Cream shortening, then add brown sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and beat.
- Combine buttermilk and maple syrup.
- Stir dry ingredients into creamed mixture alternately with liquid. Make 3 dry and 2 liquid additions. Mix well after each.
- Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350 deg. for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
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gab | April 28, 2009 at 6:41 am - §
Is there an icing for this cake? is the Buttermilk/Maple syrup the icing or does it go in the cake?