Maple Walnut Loaf

This soft loaf has the perfect hint of sweetness from the maple syrup, and it’s one of my favourite things to bake when I get homemade maple syrup from my coworker. Enjoy!

Ingredients

2 large eggs -room temperature

1/3 cup sugar

1/4 cup canola oil

2 tsp vanilla

1/3 cup maple syrup -room temperature

1/2 cup whipping cream -room temperature

1 1/2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1 tbsp maple syrup

Directions

- Line a loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving a few inches of parchment paper to hang over all four edges.

- Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

- Whisk together the eggs and the sugar.

- Whisk in the oil and the vanilla.

- Whisk in the maple syrup.

- Whisk in the whipping cream.

- Put the flour and the baking powder into a sifter and gradually sift and whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Don’t over mix.

- Fold in the walnuts.

- Pour the batter into the pan.

- Pour on a tbsp of maple syrup, and using a butter knife, swirl the maple syrup into the batter.

- Bake for 40-45 minutes or until you can pierce the middle of the loaf with a toothpick and it comes out clean.

- Lift out the loaf from the pan and place it on a wire rack. Remove the parchment paper.