Granny'south Syrup Cake

Cakes, Southern Desserts

This sometime fashioned aureate syrup cake is easy to make, super simple, and a great condolement food. Granny's recipe is one passed downwards you'll dear making.

Syrup is a staple in the S used with pancakes, biscuits, waffles, and oatmeal. My children take fifty-fifty been known to put it in their morning cereal.

It conjures up images of family around the table sharing a meal, their lives, and laughter…making memories.

This particular cake recipe comes from an extended family member known to anybody as "Granny". She was a wonderful, downwardly habitation cook that loved to broil and share meals with those she loved. She passed her recipes down to her grandchildren and they to their children.

There is just something special most preparing something inspired past those who take gone earlier us. Information technology's like family history in a tasty bite!

Watch How to Make the Syrup Block

This syrup cake is a not bad comfort food

This cake is elementary but tasty and makes me retrieve of a warm fire on a cold night. I can see myself wrapping upwardly in a soft blanket sitting in my comfy chair with a sampling of this block.

Information technology is the picture of delectation and relaxation …characteristics of any true comfort nutrient!

And if you like comforting Southern desserts, try our bread pudding as well.

syrup cake with powdered sugar on top made in cast iron skillet

Substitutions for pikestaff syrup

If you don't have cane syrup on hand, yous tin cull from other options. But do your homework so that you apply correct amounts of the substituted item, since information technology may not have the same saccharide content or texture.

  • Honey
  • Maple Syrup – If changing this cane syrup block into a maple syrup cake, take into consideration that maple syrup is a liquid and cane saccharide is a solid. Cane carbohydrate is also sweeter than maple syrup.
  • Molasses – Attempt our favorite recipe for Molasses Block!
  • Corn Syrup
a fork holding a piece of syrup cake with cream on top

Options for decorating the tiptop of the cake

While the beauty of this block is in its simplicity, you tin can "dress" information technology upwards for a special occasion by adding powdered sugar on top or fifty-fifty a dollop of whipped foam.

You could also decorate with seasonal fruit, lemon zest or orange zest, a bit of dry out coconut flakes, or edible flowers. As well goes bully with vanilla water ice cream! Whatever you do, this recipe is a "piece of block" to prepare and enjoy!

piece of syrup cake with confectioners sugar on top

Ingredients for the golden syrup block

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cane syrup
  • i cup sugar
  • a large egg
  • i/2 loving cup buttermilk
  • 3 Tbsp. oil
  • 2.v cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ane/two tsp of salt
ingredients for the syrup cake on a wooden table

How to make this cane syrup cake for yourself!

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350°. In a mixing bowl whisk together oil, egg, and sugar. Combine until smooth. Side by side add the pikestaff syrup, buttermilk, flour, baking soda, and salt.

Using your paw mixer or stand mixer, combine ingredients together until well blended. Cascade the cake concoction into a greased iron skillet (or Bundt pan, loaf block pan, or cake tin) and broil for xl-45 minutes (or up to 55 minutes for a Bundt pan) or until toothpick comes out clean! If your oven bakes "hot" you might decrease the cooking fourth dimension.

Garnish the cooled cake with powdered sugar, strawberry slices, whipped foam, or your preferred topping.

Other desserts we love effectually hither:

  • Pumpkin pie block
  • Salubrious overnight apple pie oats
  • Apple pound cake with caramel frosting
  • Brownish saccharide pound cake
  • Grape hull cake

Syrup Cake

This onetime fashioned syrup block is piece of cake to make, super simple, and a nifty comfort nutrient. Granny'southward recipe is one passed down you'll love making.

Prep Time fifteen mins

Melt Fourth dimension 55 mins

Total Time 1 hr 10 mins

Servings 8 people

Calories 387 kcal

  • 1 cup cane syrup
  • 1 cup carbohydrate
  • 1 big egg
  • i/2 loving cup buttermilk
  • iii tbsp oil
  • 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt

  • Preheat oven to 350°.

  • In a mixing bowl, trounce together oil, egg, and carbohydrate.

  • Add syrup, buttermilk, flour, soda, and salt.

  • Mix together until well blended.

  • Pour into greased iron skillet and bake for twoscore-45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out mostly make clean.

Note: If your oven cooks "hot", you might need to subtract cooking time.

Calories: 387 kcal Carbohydrates: 81 g Protein: 5 1000 Fat: vii yard Saturated Fat: 1 g Cholesterol: 25 mg Sodium: 194 mg Potassium: 79 mg Fiber: 1 g Sugar: 51 g Vitamin A: 59 IU Calcium: 27 mg Atomic number 26: 2 mg

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This recipe was outset published in Cancer Freeze: Cookin' For A Cure. Printed with permission.

Rachel Norman

Rachel is a southern born and bred mother of 5 and founder of Southern Eats & Goodies. She'south an entrepreneur, country daughter, and earth traveler who speaks 3 languages and loves Southern nutrient.