Best Maple Bar Cake Recipes

MAPLE TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Boil butter and water in small saucepan.
• Cream eggs, sugar, and sour cream in mixer or large mixing bowl.
• In separate bowl combine dry ingredients.
• Start alternating the butter/water mixture and dry mixture into the egg/sugar mixture.
• Add maple flavoring and mix well.
• Pour into greased 15x10 pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 22 minutes or until tested done in center.
• While cake is baking, start on Icing.
• Boil butter and milk in small saucepan. Remove from heat and add sugar and maple flavoring. Mix until smooth.
• Fold in walnuts.
• Pour onto cake about 5 minutes after coming out of the oven.
• Enjoy warm or cold!

MAPLE BARS

Steps:

• For Maple Bars: In saucepan scald milk.
• Add shortening, sugar, salt and cinnamon.
• Dissolve and let cool to lukewarm.
• In large bowl dissolve 2 packages of yeast in water.
• Add beaten eggs and stir.
• Stir saucepan mix into yeast mixture.
• Gradually add flour.
• Knead.
• Let rise in bowl for an hour.
• Punch down and roll out to 1" thickness.
• Cut into squares and let rise again on lightly greased baking sheets.
• Bake at 425°F for 7-8 minutes or until light golden brown. Watch carefully.
• For Icing: In saucepan mix butter, brown sugar and milk.
• Bring to boil and simmer 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool for 15 minutes.
• Add mapleine and then powdered sugar and blend well.
• Add more powdered sugar if needed.
• Spread on maple bars and enjoy.

CHEWY MAPLE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (if using dark or nonstick pan, heat oven to 325°F). Lightly grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening or spray with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat brown sugar, butter, maple flavor and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and 1/2 cup of the almonds. Pat dough in pan with lightly floured fingers.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir all Maple Icing ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle cooled bars with Maple Icing; sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup almonds. Let stand 5 minutes or until set. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.