MAPLE PUDDING CAKE RECIPES

Steps:

• Center a rack in the oven and heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8 1/2-inch loaf pan and dust with flour, or use baker’s spray. 
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and baking soda in a medium bowl. Put the sugar, salt and zest in the bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl that you can use with a hand mixer. Reach in and rub the ingredients together until the sugar is moist and fragrant; it may even turn orange. Add the butter, miso and maple syrup to the sugar. If using a stand mixer, attach the bowl and fit it with the paddle attachment. 
• Beat on medium speed for about 3 minutes, scraping down the bowl and beater(s) as needed, until the mixture is smooth and creamy. One by one, add the eggs, beating for a minute after each goes in. Beat in the vanilla. The mixture might curdle, but this is a temporary condition. Turn off the mixer, add the dry ingredients all at once and pulse to begin the blending, turning the mixer on and off in very short spurts on the lowest speed. Then, beat on low speed until the dry ingredients are almost incorporated. With the mixer still on low, pour in the buttermilk and blend well. Scrape the batter into the pan, working it into the corners and smoothing the top. 
• Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, checking the loaf after 40 minutes and covering the top loosely with a foil or tented parchmentif it’s browning too fast. The loaf is properly baked when it pulls away from the sides of the pan and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Transfer the pan to a rack and let the bread rest for 5 minutes, then run a table knife around the edges of the loaf and unmold onto the rack; turn it right side up. 
• If you’d like to glaze the loaf, stir the marmalade or jam with 1 tablespoon water and heat the mixture in the microwave or over low heat until it comes just to a boil. Using a pastry brush or a spoon, cover the top of the loaf with the glaze. Allow the loaf to cool to room temperature before slicing. Wrapped well, the cake will keep for about 4 days at room temperature. If it becomes stale — and maybe even if it doesn't — toast it lightly before serving. If you haven't glazed the cake, you can wrap it airtight and freeze it for up to 2 months; defrost, still wrapped, at room temperature. 

Steps:

• Place a rack in upper third of oven and preheat to 350°. Generously coat pan with nonstick spray, then dust with flour, tapping out excess. Whisk pudding mix, baking powder, baking soda, salt, allspice, and 3 cups (375 g) flour in a medium bowl to combine.
• Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter in a large bowl until light and smooth, about 1 minute. Gradually add brown sugar, mixing to combine after each addition; beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, oil, rum, and vanilla and beat until incorporated.
• Reduce speed to low and gradually add dry ingredients in 2 additions, beating just until combined after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl as needed (be careful not to overmix). Scrape batter into prepared pan and smooth surface.
• Bake cake until golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 50—55 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cake cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack, loosening with a small offset spatula if needed and let cool completely.
• Meanwhile, toast coconut in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and crisp, 8–10 minutes. Let cool.
• Bring rum, maple syrup, and butter to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium heat and cook until thick enough to coat a spoon, about 8 minutes. Transfer glaze to a small bowl.
• Transfer cake to a large plate. Drizzle glaze over and sprinkle coconut on top.
• Cut cake into slices and serve topped with whipped coconut cream with lime and/or ground cherries if desired.