Hey everyone, last baking post! I know! so sad. But hey, feelings aside I had a lot of fun these past weeks sharing with you not only a passion of mine, but also the actual things I baked when I could.

You all know the drill, mental health check in time!
This past week has been fun, sad and stressful all at once. Only being able to see you guys for another week before we all say goodbye for a bit is sad. So that has been on my mind a little bit throughout this, but I am still looking forward to seeing you all again in the new year!
Finally, before I get into the baking, I wanted to thank you all once again for being open to try the baked goods I brought in. It really helped motivate me to show up many Monday mornings when I may have felt too tired or down to want to show up.

Now! For the maple pound cake! On Saturday the 27th I got the chance to go to Bolen Books at hillside mall and meet Bruno Feldeisen, one of the hosts and judges on The Great Canadian Baking Show. There he did a book signing and I was able to get him to sign a copy of his new cookbook, where I got the maple pound cake from.

First, using my stand mixer I creamed together the sugar and warm butter till it was smooth and fluffy. Using my rubber spatula to keep the mixture off the walls of the mixer where it wouldn’t get mixed. Next I added the two eggs and beat on a higher speed till fully incorporated. Next I slowly added a cup of maple syrup and mixed on a low setting to avoid it from getting everywhere.

Next I mixed the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and added them to the mixer and mixed on a low speed until fully incorporated, being careful not to overmix, or this would make the pound cake too dense.

After all was mixed together I scooped the batter into the loaf pan and baked for 45 minutes.

While it was in the oven I proceeded to put together the lemon glaze to go on top of the pound cake. This took a third cup of lemon juice and a tsp. of fresh lemon zest. Mixed together in a small bowl, then whisk in three quarter cup of icing sugar till all the sugar is dissolved into the lemon juice.

In the end the pound cake took closer to an hour and 15 minutes to bake through, though it still turned out pretty darn tasty. Sadly I forgot to take pictures of the finished product.

Thank you all for coming along with me on my baking adventure!