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    Home > Recipes > Cakes + Cupcakes

    Maple Pound Cake with Maple Glaze

    Published: Oct 16, 2021 | Updated: May 4, 2022

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    This Maple Pound Cake with Maple Glaze is a dense, moist pound cake that has a whole cup of maple syrup baked into the cake! Top with an easy maple glaze and toasted pecans for the photo finish!

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    So maybe I am having a moment with bundt pans right now. They look great. I keep wanting to create pound cake recipes. Without doubt, I just am obsessed with that dense, rich texture! I have to force myself to A) stop buying bundt pans and B) bake something else! 

    It's true, I am a lover of Pound Cake; an aficionado if you will. At Starbucks their lemon pound cake is my weakness.  While their scones are sad and dry (Mine aren’t!), their pound cake is dense, moist and flavorful. As it should be. 

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    But seriously this cake is everything. It's soft, moist, and beautifully flavored with maple (Sure, it helps that maple is one of my favorite flavors.) It tastes like Fall and it makes me peer out my windows expectantly, waiting for the first leaves to start turning! But not too soon, because my secret inside hope is that there are still leaves for my wedding. It’s a long shot but I was born to dream big. 

    Maple Pound Cake with Maple Glaze
    Autumn Dessert

    One insider tip is if your batter curdles...just keep going! Don't stress, it'll work out. Truthfully, my biggest caution for this maple pound cake is against overbaking. If you overbake it will be dry. Even that much butter, sugar and sour cream can’t overcompensate for overbaking. Just sayin’.

    Maple Pound Cake with Maple Glaze
    Maple Pound Cake with maple glaze sliced

    Maple Pound Cake

    Chef Lindsey
    This Maple Pound Cake with Maple Glaze is a dense, moist pound cake that has a whole cup of maple syrup baked into the cake! Top with an easy maple glaze and toasted pecans for the photo finish!
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    Prep Time 30 minutes
    Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
    Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 24 people
    Calories 334 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    For the Cake:

    • 1 ½ cups Butter (cool but pliable)
    • 2 ¼ cups Sugar
    • 6 Eggs
    • 1 cups Maple Syrup (Grade B)
    • 4 cups All Purpose Flour
    • 1 teaspoon Salt
    • ¼ teaspoon Baking soda
    • ¾ teaspoon Cinnamon
    • 1 cups Sour Cream (full fat for the best flavor & texture)
    • 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract

    Maple Glaze

    • ½ cups Confectioner’s Sugar
    • 1 Tablespoon maple syrup (or more to taste)
    • ⅛ teaspoon Kosher salt
    • 1 Tablespoon Whole Milk (or more to desired consistency)
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 325°F convection.

    Make the Cake:

    • Prep your Pan: I sprayed my pan with cooking spray and then floured it. Tap the flour around until every inch is covered. Tap out the extra flour onto a piece of parchment on the counter. You should be left with a perfectly floured pan.
    • Whisk together flour, salt, cinnamon and baking soda. Set aside.
    • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar just until a thick paste forms. Beat in the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after every two eggs or so. Beat in the vanilla and maple syrup. This will probably curdle the batter. Don’t stress, just keep going!
    • Switch the mixer to low and then alternately add the flour and sour cream. I don’t wait until all the flour has incorporated until I add the next batch. I just keep adding with two hands. Pro-style. I do stop the mixer to add the last of the sour cream because I like to scrape it all out with a rubber spatula.
    • You should have a silky, smooth batter. I like to finish folding in the flour by hand just to ensure it isn’t over mixed.
    • Pour into prepared pan and smooth the top.
    • Bake in preheated oven until a cake tester comes out with a few clinging crumbs. This will take about 60-85 minutes depending on your oven. Mine baked for 70 minutes. If you overbake it will be dry. Even that much butter, sugar and sour cream can’t over compensate for overbaking. Just sayin’.
    • Let her COOL COMPLETELY. I know it’s a big ask. You can do it!
    • Loosen the edges with a paring knife and then turn it out onto a plate or cake stand of your choice. I chose to level it with a serrated knife just a smidge for the photos. Don’t worry, the cake scraps did not go to waste!
    • Dust with powdered sugar, drowned in glaze or just slice it right up!

    Make the Glaze:

    • Combine all ingredients in a small bowl or measuring cup, whisk and add a little more milk to your desired consistency. Then pour over the top. This makes a light drizzle, double it if you want a lot of glaze!

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    Notes

    Yield: 1, 12 Cup Bundt Pan
    Keyword bundt cake, cake, maple desserts, old fashioned pound cake, pecan recipes
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    1. Justina says

      October 18, 2022 at 10:40 pm

      5 stars
      Okay, this pound cake is legit!!!! She is right in that the texture is perfection. I also baked it for around 70 minutes. It has a maple flavor with a pound cake texture. I'm excited to try her pound cake recipe next!!!!! But i'm totally sold on her recipes after trying this recipe first!!!!

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      • Chef Lindsey says

        October 18, 2022 at 10:52 pm

        This pound cake is glorious, I'm so glad you enjoyed! Happy baking!

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