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What you need:

  • 350g/12oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
  • 225g/8oz Butter (room temperature)
  • 225/g/8oz Shamrock Light Muscovado Sugar
  • 4 Eggs
  • 150ml/ ¼ pt Shamrock Maple Syrup
  • Rind of 1 Orange
  • Level Teaspoon Ground Ginger
  • 50g/2oz Pecans (chopped)

Filling & Topping

  • 500ml Carton Fresh Cream (whipped)
  • 2 Tablespoons Shamrock Maple Syrup
  • Rind of 1 Orange (for decoration)

How to:

  1. Preheat oven to 160°C / 325°F / Gas 3. Line sides and base of a 20cms/8" deep cake tin.
  2. Put all the Ingredients except the pecans into large mixing bowl and beat until mixture is smooth.
  3. Stir in the chopped pecans.
  4. Transfer to the prepared tin, level the surface. Bake in a lower shelf position for about 1 hour and a half until well risen and springy to the touch.
  5. Allow to cool in the tin, then transfer to a wire tray to get cold.
  6. Fold the maple syrup into the whipped cream.
  7. Slice the cake horizontally into three. Sandwich with the cream and spread over te top and sides.
  8. Decorate the top with the rind of the orange.
  9. Store in a fridge.

Pecan & Maple Layer Cake

CATEGORY: All Recipes
COOK TIME: 1 hour

What you need:

  • 350g/12oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
  • 225g/8oz Butter (room temperature)
  • 225/g/8oz Shamrock Light Muscovado Sugar
  • 4 Eggs
  • 150ml/ ¼ pt Shamrock Maple Syrup
  • Rind of 1 Orange
  • Level Teaspoon Ground Ginger
  • 50g/2oz Pecans (chopped)

Filling & Topping

  • 500ml Carton Fresh Cream (whipped)
  • 2 Tablespoons Shamrock Maple Syrup
  • Rind of 1 Orange (for decoration)

How to:

  1. Preheat oven to 160°C / 325°F / Gas 3. Line sides and base of a 20cms/8" deep cake tin.
  2. Put all the Ingredients except the pecans into large mixing bowl and beat until mixture is smooth.
  3. Stir in the chopped pecans.
  4. Transfer to the prepared tin, level the surface. Bake in a lower shelf position for about 1 hour and a half until well risen and springy to the touch.
  5. Allow to cool in the tin, then transfer to a wire tray to get cold.
  6. Fold the maple syrup into the whipped cream.
  7. Slice the cake horizontally into three. Sandwich with the cream and spread over te top and sides.
  8. Decorate the top with the rind of the orange.
  9. Store in a fridge.

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