Ingredients

  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 2 tablespoons cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 12 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 14 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 18 cups butter, softened
  • 1 34 cups sugar
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup walnuts, ground
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 12 cup maple syrup
  • 12 cup walnuts, chopped and toasted
  • 1 cup fresh cranberries

Method

  • Grease and flour a 10 cup bundt pan.
  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Sift together te flour, baking powder, baking sodam saktm cardamom, ginger and cinnamon.
  • Set aside.
  • Beat the butter until creamy, then add the sugar and continue to beat until fluffy.
  • Add eggs to the butter mixture, one at a time, beating well after each.
  • Fold in the ground walnuts and and vanilla and mix on low until blended.
  • Place 1/4 cup of the flour mixture in a medium bowl and add cranberries, tossing to coat berries with the flour.
  • Add remaining flour and the sour cream to the butter mixture in three additions, blending just until incorporated after each addition.
  • Fold in chopped walnuts and cranberries (along with any excess flour).
  • Spoon batter into the prepared pan, spreading the batter so that the sides are higher than the center.
  • Bake for 45-50 minutes or until cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan.
  • Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn the cake out onto a wire rack and cool for 1 hour.
  • GLAZE:.
  • In a saucepan over medium heat, bring the maple syrup to a boil and reduce to about 1/4 cup.
  • Brush the syrup generously over the cooled cake.
  • Sprinkle with powdered sugar and decorate with whole walnuts before serving.