Maple Nut Chiffon Cake With Golden Butter Frosting
Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
Yields: 1 cake
Ingredients
- 2 1⁄4 cups cake flour, sifted
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup oil
- 5 egg yolks
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 2 teaspoons maple flavoring
- 1 cup egg white, 18 is number Libby has written by this
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup walnuts, finely chopped
frosting
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
- 1⁄2 cup cream
Directions
- Sift cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a bowl.
- Stir in the brown sugar.
- Make a well; add oil, egg yolks, water, maple flavoring in order given.
- Beat until smooth.
- In another bowl beat egg whites and cream of tarter until very stiff (I would do this first).
- Pour yolk mixture over whites, folding very carefully to prevent breaking whites.
- Add walnuts.
- Pour into an ungreased tube pan.
- Bake 55 minutes in a 325 degree Fahrenheit oven; then for last 10 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit; invert when done.
- FROSTING:
- Melt butter until golden brown; don't scorch.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in powdered sugar.
- Blend in sweet cream and maple flavoring.
- Beat until smooth.
- Spread on chiffon or angel cake.
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