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This delectable nutty maple cake has become a hands-down favorite. Chopped pecans add delicious flavor, and the rich cream cheese frosting is accented with a teaspoon of real maple syrup. —Teresa Cardin, Mansfield, Missouri
Editor's Note: This recipe does not use eggs.
Nutritional Facts 1 slice equals 574 calories, 28 g fat (12 g saturated fat), 52 mg cholesterol, 420 mg sodium, 81 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 5 g protein.
Originally published as Vermont Maple-Pecan Cake in Cooking for 2 Spring 2007, p57
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Reviewed on Oct. 06, 2010 by autumvaught
This is divine!!!! The toasted pecans make a huge difference, because I don't usually like any nuts in my food!
Reviewed on Feb. 13, 2010 by Katriana84
This cake was delicious! I make it exactly as written, only I substituted 2 tbsp buttermilk powder and 1/2 cup water for the 1/2 cup buttermilk. (Buttermilk powder is very useful if you are like me and rarely use buttermilk because it lasts alot longer than buttermilk) There is one thing I will do differently next time: I will grease and flour the baking pans instead of just use cooking spray, because my cake fell apart as it was coming out because it was stuck to the pan! Other than that, the cake was great and very delicious.
Reviewed on Nov. 19, 2009 by Jeaninusom1
Cake Flopping? Soda must be fresh and if you don't have butter milk adding a table spoon or less of Vinager in with milk works just as well. When you bake with these ingrediants that is what makes the cake rise... All ingrediants need to be freshly bought and then utilized.
Reviewed on Oct. 25, 2009 by jennywagers
by the way no need for eggs thats what the buttermilk is for
Was a very tasty cake!! I did change it up a bit though made it in a sheet cake pan and it was more like a bar rather then a cake. Worked well
Reviewed on Oct. 17, 2009 by dmjc
no eggs?????????????????
Reviewed on Oct. 06, 2009 by rkennell
This is an awesome-flavored cake, hands-down!! We did double the recipe and still baked it in the 6-inch pan, and it doesn't raise over the top of the pan, but it was so delicious!! Now to figure the recipe for a 9-inch...because I definitely going to take this to carry-in dinners, etc.!! Probably the strongest competitor for chocolate cake I have tasted--and I love chocolate! (And yes, it does not require any eggs; it is just not a real high-raising cake.)
Reviewed on Sep. 30, 2009 by ivorylady
I followed the directions and used the 6 inch pans. It turned out fantastic. There was nothing left over. I will make this many more times. The flavor out weighs the expence.
Reviewed on Jul. 22, 2009 by KScales
Due to the comments here, we retested the cake again as printed. It worked just fine with no issues. It is correct that the recipe does not contain eggs. A possible reason for unfavorable results would be using the wrong size pan. This recipes uses 6-in. cake pans. If you only have 9-in. pans, double the ingredient amounts and bake a few minutes longer.Taste of Home Test Kitchen
Due to the comments here, we retested the cake again as printed. It worked just fine with no issues. It is correct that the recipe does not contain eggs. A possible reason for unfavorable results would be using the wrong size pan. This recipes uses 6-in. cake pans. If you only have 9-in. pans, double the ingredient amounts and bake a few minutes longer.
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Reviewed on Jul. 08, 2009 by treats3
This cake sounds wonderful, HOWEVER, Marilyn Rae raises a red flag! Seems hard to believe that a cake would flop 3 times for someone if all ingred. and directions were correct. She has a point about the eggs and HOW do you get a 5 Star rating from ONE actual comment and that comment is not positive??I AM going to try this recipe using eggs, simply because I like maple and it COULD be really good. However, due to the expense of the ingredients, this issue certainly needs to be addressed if kept up on the site.
This cake sounds wonderful, HOWEVER, Marilyn Rae raises a red flag! Seems hard to believe that a cake would flop 3 times for someone if all ingred. and directions were correct. She has a point about the eggs and HOW do you get a 5 Star rating from ONE actual comment and that comment is not positive??
I AM going to try this recipe using eggs, simply because I like maple and it COULD be really good. However, due to the expense of the ingredients, this issue certainly needs to be addressed if kept up on the site.
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