Miso Maple Loaf Cake Recipes

DORIE GREENSPAN'S MISO MAPLE LOAF

Steps:

• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
• Center a rack in the oven and preheat it to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8½-inch loaf pan and dust with flour, or use baker's spray.
• 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 bowl. 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 you've got a smooth, creamy mixture. 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 then pulse to begin the blending. 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 parchment tent if 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. The top will be flat and most likely cracked down the middle. 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 and water together 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.STORING: Wrapped well, the cake will keep for about 4 days at room temperature. If it stales-or maybe even if it doesn't-toast it lightly before serving. If you haven't glazed it, you can wrap it airtight and freeze it for up to 2 months; defrost, still wrapped, at room temperature.

MISO CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Set up your grill for indirect heat. If using a charcoal grill, build the coals on one side only. If using a gas grill, heat one side only.
• For the miso chocolate cake: Prepare a 9-inch cake pan by spraying it with cooking spray, laying a parchment circle on the bottom and spraying it with cooking spray again.
• In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the sugar, coconut oil and miso until smooth and no longer grainy. Add the eggs to a small bowl, pour the vanilla extract into the eggs and then add to the stand mixer. Mix until smooth, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl. Alternatively, use a hand mixer or just whisk by hand.
• In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda. Add to the mixer and mix until just combined, then add the buttermilk. Mix until incorporated. With the mixer on low, carefully add the boiling water to the cake batter until well combined. Pour the cake batter into the prepared pan. Pick up and tap down to let out any air bubbles.
• Place the cake on the indirect side of the gill, close the lid and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let cool slightly before flipping it out of the pan and onto a serving platter.
• For the coconut whipped cream: Open the refrigerated cans of coconut milk. Scoop the coconut cream off of the top (totaling 3/4 cup) and add to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Add the honey and vanilla and whip until light and airy, about 5 minutes.
• Once the cake is cool, spread the coconut cream on top and sprinkle with toasted coconut before serving.

MISO-MAPLE LOAF CAKE

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.

MAPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Make the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch square baking pan; line with parchment, and butter parchment. Dust with flour, tapping out excess. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter, maple syrup, and granulated sugar until pale and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition; mix in vanilla.
• Reduce mixer speed to low. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with 2 batches of sour cream; beat until just combined. Transfer batter to prepared pan; smooth top with an offset spatula. Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool 10 minutes. Turn out cake onto rack to cool completely.
• Make the icing: Combine maple syrup and butter in a bowl. Sift in confectionersâ?? sugar, and whisk until combined. Adjust consistency with more syrup or sugar, if necessary. Spread maple icing over top of cake. Let set, at least 15 minutes, before serving.