Maple Walnut Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 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)

Directions

1. 1

   In mixer bowl cream butter and sugars until fluffy.

2. 2

   In another bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.

3. 3

   In measuring cup combine milk and maple flavoring, and beat into butter mixture alternatively with flour mixture.

4. 4

   Beat in eggs 1 at a time.

5. 5

   Mix in 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts.

6. 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. 7

   Cool in pan 15 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.

8. 8

   Drizzle with maple glaze and garnish with walnuts.

9. 9

   Maple Glaze:

10. 10

    In a small bowl mix 1 cup sifted powdered sugar with 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons

11. 11

    Milk to make a glaze of thick pouring consistency. Stir in 1/2 teaspoons maple flavoring.