Maple Walnut Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon maple flavoring
5 eggs
1 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped
MAPLE GLAZE
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk (add extra by tsp if needed)
1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring
walnut halves (to garnish)

Preparation

In mixer bowl cream butter and sugars until fluffy.
In another bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
In measuring cup combine milk and maple flavoring, and beat into butter mixture alternatively with flour mixture.
Beat in eggs 1 at a time.
Mix in 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts.
Turn into greased 9 or 10 inch tube pan and bake in lower third of 300-degree oven 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, just until pick inserted into center comes out clean.
Cool in pan 15 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
Drizzle with maple glaze and garnish with walnuts.
Maple Glaze:
In a small bowl mix 1 cup sifted powdered sugar with 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons
Milk to make a glaze of thick pouring consistency. Stir in 1/2 teaspoons maple flavoring.