- prep: 1 hr
- cook: 3 hr
- total: 4 hr
Summary
In this delicious dessert, tender spice cake is layered with maple-sugar frosting, candied pecans, and a salty-sweet caramel sauce
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup pecan halves, toasted
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup (preferably Grade B)
- Coarse kosher salt
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 1/3 cup chopped crystallized ginger (1 1/2 to 2 ounces)
- 1 cup maple sugar
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup hot water
- 2/3 cup mild-flavored (light) molasses
- 1 1/3 cups chilled crème fraîche
- 1 1/3 cups chilled heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup maple sugar
- 6 tablespoons powdered sugar
- Salted Maple-Caramel Sauce
- Ingredient info: Chinese five-spice powder-a spice blend that usually contains ground fennel seeds, Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon, star anise, and cloves-is available in the spice section of most supermarkets. Crème fraîche is sold at most supermarkets and at specialty foods stores.
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 862 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 49 g 75.2%
- Saturated Fat: 29 g 147.17%
- Trans Fat: 1 g %
- Cholesterol: 144 mg 48.02%
- Sodium: 323 mg 13.45%
- Calcium: 240 mg 23.99%
- Potassium: 824 mg 23.54%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 9 mg 49.15%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 101 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 4 g 14.57%
- Sugar: 59 g
- Protein: 9 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 45.57%
- Vitamin C 32.54%
- Vitamin D 6.28%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat10
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs4
- Exchange - Starch2
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq