Mapple syrup & apple cake

Who said Christmas had to rhyme with a buttercream log?

We continue our recipes of the cold North for a Christmas that changes a bit!

Today we travel to  Canada with this apple & maple syrup cake  !

150 ml maple syrup

3 apples cut into cubes

1 packet of baking powder

150 g flour

120 g melted butter

3 eggs

60 g of sugar

25 ml of milk

For icing:

A pot of mascarpone

50g icing sugar

Some shortbread cookies for the decor

Whisk eggs + sugar until the mixture whitens. Add the melted butter. Then flour with yeast, mix. Then slowly add milk and maple syrup.

Then the apples.

Butter the mold & bake at 180 ° C for 45 minutes.

Let cool and mix mascarpone & icing sugar.

Apply icing with a spatula & shortbreads for decoration.

Food / wine pairing?

As this recipe is rather sweet, prefer a Bordeaux crémant brut like the crémant Fort de Rauzan or for a still wine, a dry white Bordeaux to counterbalance, as Le Noble.