Mennonite Maple Walnut Cake

Posted by Olga 8/30/02 4:06:07 pm

No milk in this quick flavorful cake, just yummy maple syrup.

1/3 cup soft butter or regular margarine
2 eggs
1 cup maple syrup
1 1/4 cups all-purpose white flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Pinch salt
1 cup walnuts, chopped not too fine

Beat together butter, eggs, and syrup.
This will look curdled don’t worry.
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt, and stir in gradually.
Beat with whisk until smooth fold in walnuts.

Pour into a greased square pan and bake at 350 degrees F for about 25 to 30 minutes or until done.
Let cool before icing with a maple butter icing.

Maple Butter Icing

Melt 2 tablespoons butter, blend in a cupful of sifted icing sugar and moisten to a spreading consistency with maple syrup.

Mennonite Caramel Frosting

3 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup top milk or thin cream
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix ingredients together in a saucepan.
Stir until sugar is dissolved; cook syrup until it forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water (238 degrees F).
Cool until you can hold your hand on the bottom of the pan.
Beat until creamy and spread on cake.

Mennonite Brown Flour Potato Soup

6 medium potatoes
3 cups water
3 cups milk
3 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons butter
Salt, pepper and parsley

Peel and cut potatoes in slices.
Boil them in salted water until tender.
Add the milk and let simmer.

Meanwhile brown the flour in the melted butter, stirring all the time over low heat; add it to the soup, stirring until the mixture thickens.
Sprinkle with parsley and pepper.

Serve with buttered crumbs, or squares of fried bread, or pretzels on top.
You might boil some sliced onion with the potatoes, if you like.