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Maple Tree Cake

Here's a colorful confection folks will fall for! To top off the scrumptious maple-flavored cake from Lorraine Tishmack of Casselton, North Dakota, our kitchen staff created a chocolate tree with pretty dried-fruit leaves.

12 ServingsPrep: 25 min. Bake: 30 min. + cooling

Ingredients

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 cups (16 ounces) sour cream
2 teaspoons maple flavoring
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
Dash salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans
FROSTING:
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon maple syrup
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup peanut butter chips
2 tablespoons dried cranberries
2 tablespoons golden raisins
2 tablespoons chopped dried apricots
2 tablespoons chopped dried apples

Directions

In a large bowl, beat the eggs and sugar. Add sour cream and maple
flavoring. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to sour
cream mixture and mix well. Fold in pecans.
Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at
350° for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the

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Maple Tree Cake (continued)

Directions (continued)

center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from
pans to wire racks to cool completely.
For frosting, in a bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar. Add
syrup; mix well. Spread between layers and over top and sides of
cake.
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and peanut butter chips;
stir until smooth. Transfer to a pastry or a heavy-duty resealable
plastic bag; cut a small hole in the corner of bag. Pipe a tree and
branches on top of the cake. Combine dried fruit; sprinkle around
tree base and at ends of branches to resemble leaves. Yield: 12
servings.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 piece) equals 604 calories, 18 g fat (9 g saturated fat), 108 mg cholesterol, 315 mg sodium, 103 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 7 g protein.