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Maple Spiced Acorn Cakes with Maple Glaze

November 6, 2016 By Jere Cassidy 15 Comments

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Welcome back fall, I have missed you.  Yes, I love, love the fall season, all the changing colors of leaves and the cool air.  This is the time of year I really ramp up my baking.  One of my fall baking traditions is making these super cute bite-sized Maple Spice Acorn Cakes.  No matter where I take these cakes there is always a surprise moment of someone saying, “Hey these are acorns!”

Acorn cakelets

I found this  Nordic Ware Acorn Pan several years ago at my local grocery store tucked behind all the Halloween candy, it was just way too cute to pass up.  I love this pan because it’s heavy-duty cast aluminum and the cakes come out perfectly.  Just make sure you prep it with cooking spray and you will end up with all the nice acorn details that even a squirrel would appreciate. The recipe for the spice cake comes with the pan for an extra bonus.

Update – I am so sad that this specific pan is not available anymore, but you can still make the acorns along with other fall design with this Autumn Cakelet Pan or try this Autumn Delights Cakelet Pan.

I know you are thinking I want this pan so here is your link to get your own&nbsp

If you are not in the mood for cakes you can also use this pan to make cookies, just press the dough in the into the cavities.  I like to make sugar or molasses cookies.  You can dip the sugar cookie tops in melted chocolate and the molasses cookies look great with chopped pecans on top.

Who doesn’t love baking with spices, it makes your kitchen smell so good, plus it just adds those great flavors to your baked goods.  This recipe is perfect for this pan since it is dense so it makes it easy to get the cakes out of the pan, but, it is still nice and moist.

So what do you do if you don’t have this acorn pan, easy, just pour the cake into a loaf pan for a pound cake and drizzle the maple glaze on top.  I promise it will be just as yummy.

Here are some of the basic ingredients to make the cakes, be ready to get your spices out of the cabinet.

This cake gets its great flavor from maple syrup, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg then add in the brown sugar and butter and your cake is going to be full of spicy flavor and very moist.

Make sure you grease and flour your pan then add 1 tablespoon of batter to each well then bake for 12-14 minutes until your acorns to into the acorn corn, golden brown.

 

Baked acorn cakes

Cool the cakes on a rack, then brush with the glaze and top with sugar

Icing and sugar for cakes

Here some of the glazed and sugared cakes.

Glazed acorn cakes

All done and ready to eat.

acorn cakes

Here’s the recipe for these fabulous cakes.

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Maple Spice Acorn Cakes

Bite-size ginger spiced cakes shaped like acorns are moist and delicious. Brushed with a maple glaze and decorated, these little cakelets make a special treat.
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Course Cake
Cuisine American
Keyword ginger, maple cakes, spice cake
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 42 minutes
Servings 30 cakes
Calories 69kcal
Author Jere' Cassidy

Ingredients

  • 1 1/3 cup AP flour
  • 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1 tsp. candied ginger chopped/or 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp. maple flavoring
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs

Glaze

  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tbls. maple syrup
  • 1-2 tbls. water
  • Sanding sugar/coarse raw sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Grease and flour the pan.

For the cakes

  • Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
  • Combine the milk, maple syrup, vanilla and maple extract in a small bowl
  • Beat the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in the eggs one at a time.
  • Beat in the flour mixture and alternate with the liquid mixture to all are combined.
  • Spoon 1 tbls. of the batter into each acorn well.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes
  • Let cakes cool for 10 minutes then remove from pan to a cooling rack.
  • Repeat spoon 1 tbls of batter in the wells and back as above.

Preparing the glaze

  • In a small bowl mix all the glaze ingredients until smooth and has the consistency of heavy cream.
  • With a pastry brush, brush each acorn with the glaze and then dip the top of the acorn into the sugar.

Notes

Note: The acorn pan is not available anymore and Nordic Ware has replaced it with an Autumn Delights pan

Nutrition

Serving: 1cakelet | Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 8.6g | Fat: 3.5g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 67mg

A plate full of acorns.

Acorn cakelets

I hope you FALL in love with baking and try these sweet acorn treats.

 

Filed Under: Cakes, Recipe Index Tagged With: acorn, cake, ginger, nordic, Nordic Ware, recipe, spice

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Comments

  1. Rebecca Huff

    March 3, 2017 at 5:49 pm

    I must have this baking pan! I am mad about acorns!!

    Reply
    • OneHotOven

      March 4, 2017 at 4:52 pm

      I know, that’s what I thought when I saw it.

      Reply
  2. Jen | A Sip of Bliss

    November 9, 2016 at 9:37 pm

    How adorable are these? And they sound delicious πŸ™‚

    Reply
  3. Maria

    November 9, 2016 at 11:07 am

    Whoaaa I need this in my life! I have never seen that shaping form! Must also be delicious! πŸ˜€

    Reply
  4. Mummy Times Two

    November 9, 2016 at 7:58 am

    Wow, what gorgeous looking cakes, I do indeed want that pan!

    Reply
  5. patrick

    November 9, 2016 at 12:24 am

    5 stars
    awesome shape and great presentation! these sound delicious!

    Reply
  6. Alysa Villelli

    November 8, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    Looks amazing!

    Reply
  7. Kimberly @ Berly's Kitchen

    November 8, 2016 at 10:51 pm

    These are super cute! Love the little acorn shapes and the maple spice sounds delicious.

    Reply
  8. Barbara

    November 8, 2016 at 10:43 pm

    5 stars
    These are adorable. I want that pan! πŸ™‚

    Reply
  9. Lauren

    November 8, 2016 at 9:23 pm

    These are adorable! <3

    I'll have to try these if I can find one of those pans. We got a lot of Nordic stuff at one of the retail stores I used to work at, but I never saw those come through.

    Thanks for the great recipe. πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • OneHotOven

      December 11, 2016 at 4:04 am

      It seems you can find these Nordic pans in alot of store these days.

      Reply
  10. Joleene

    November 8, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    These look beautiful! I love baking. And I love coming across recipes like this that are unique to me. Looking forward to creating this for Thanksgiving.

    Reply
  11. Happy Simple Living

    November 8, 2016 at 8:46 pm

    5 stars
    These acorn cakes are absolutely stunning, and the recipe sounds so good. I love the idea of using maple syrup in the glaze — can’t wait to try!

    Reply
  12. candy

    November 8, 2016 at 8:43 pm

    First off that acorn pan is adorable. The mix is easy enough and adding the maple glaze adds a special yumminess.

    Reply
    • OneHotOven

      December 11, 2016 at 4:04 am

      It is all about the yumminess!

      Reply

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