Name: Brown Sugar-Walnut Pound Cake with Peach-Maple Sauce
Yield: Makes 2 cakes
Ingredients: 1 pound (3 1/4 cups) all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon coarse salt; 4 sticks softened unsalted butter, plus more for pans; 2 cups packed dark-brown sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 9 large, room-temperature eggs; 2 cups toasted, chopped walnuts; 1 cup pure maple syrup; 1 cup packed light-brown sugar; 1 stick unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon coarse salt; 1/4 cup heavy cream; 1 or 2 sliced peaches

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter two 5-by-9-inch loaf pans. Combine flour and 1 tablespoon salt in a bowl.
2. Cream 4 sticks butter and dark-brown sugar with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy, for 8 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium, and add vanilla extract.
3. Lightly beat eggs, and add to mixer bowl in 4 additions, mixing thoroughly after each and scraping down sides. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture in 4 additions, mixing until just incorporated. Fold walnuts into finished batter. Divide batter between pans. Tap on counter to distribute; smooth tops.
4. Bake until a tester inserted into center of each cake comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let cool in pans on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire rack.
5. Make the peach-maple sauce: Combine maple syrup, light-brown sugar, 1 stick unsalted butter, and 1 teaspoon salt in a saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves and liquid comes to a boil. Cook for 2 minutes more. Stir in heavy cream, and bring to a boil. Remove from heat; add sliced peaches. Let thicken, 5 minutes.

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realfood8fromscratch

31 MAY, 2014

I made this for my best friend's birthday. She loves nuts & spices. I think I will double the sauce & peaches as it definitely compliments/embellishes the cake. (Maybe add some nutmeg too.) I used freshly ground spelt. It was moist, the crumb was good & tasted delicious except for the coarse salt. Why on earth would you call for coarse salt? It nearly ruined the cake. I used a culinary sea salt in coarse grind & I won't make that choice again. Excellent on all other points.

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