
4 Eggs
1 cup VT maple syrup
(Dark with robust taste is preferable)
3/4 cups oil
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour, preferably unbleached
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 cups grated carrots
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Beat eggs on high speed until frothy. Add nest 5 ingredients and beat another minute. Combined flour, nuts, salt baking powder and cinnamon. Add liquids to dry ingredients. Fold in carrots. Turn into a lightly greased tube pan. Bake for 1 hour 10 minuets, until tooth pick emerges clean. Cool in pan until easy to handle. Frost when cool with Maple Cream Cheese, Maple buttercream frosting, or Maple glaze, recipes to follow.
Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
12 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup VT Maple Syrup
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
Blend ingredients together
Maple Butter Cream Frosting
3 tablespoons soft butter
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted.
1/4 cup pure Vermont Maple syrup
Blend butter and sugar. Add syrup until smooth
Maple Syrup Glaze
1 /1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
Pure Vermont Organic Maple Syrup
, about 1/2 a cup. Enough to make confectioners' sugar a glaze constancy.