Your guests will always comment on the presentation of this cake. It is a very heavy cake so make sure that you serve small pieces to start!
Ingredients:
Crust:
- 250 ml graham cookie crumbs
- 250 ml chopped walnuts
- 175 ml melted butter
- 75 ml sugar
Filing:
- 750 gr cream cheese (3 packs)
- 250 ml brown sugar
- 30 ml flour
- 3 large eggs
- 30 ml maple syrup
- 100 ml dark rum
- 150 ml chopped walnuts
Topping:
- 100 ml warm maple syrup
- Pecans
Method:
- Mix all the crust ingredients together and press into the bottom of a spring form pan
- Bake the crust for about 8 to 10 minutes at 3500 F
- While the crust is baking, mix the cream cheese, brown sugar and flour in a large bowl
- Add the eggs, one at the time and mix well
- Add the vanilla, rum and walnuts
- Pour the batter over the baked crust and bake at 3500 F for about 50 minutes
- When the cake is done, open the oven door and let the cake cool. This will prevent the cake from cracking
- When the cake is at room temperature, brush some warm maple syrup and place the pecans neatly.
- Start by making an X with the pecans and then filling the rest on top.
- Brush pecans with some more warm maple syrup
