Ingredients

The following ingredients have 9 Servings
  • Nonstick vegetable oil spray
  • 1 12- ounce package semisweet chocolate chips
  • 3 cups all purpose flour (divided)
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups packed golden brown sugar
  • 2 1/2 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp maple extract
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 Tbsp pure maple syrup
  • 2 Tbsp half and half
  • 2 Tbsp butter (melted)
  • 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 325°F.
  • Butter 12-cup Bundt pan. Spray pan generously with nonstick spray. Dust pan lightly with flour.
  • Mix chocolate chips and 2 tablespoons flour in medium bowl.
  • Sift remaining flour with baking soda, baking powder, and salt into another medium bowl.
  • Using electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  • Beat in vanilla extract and maple extract.
  • Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Mix in flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
  • Fold in chocolate chip mixture.
  • Transfer batter to prepared pan, spreading evenly.
  • Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean and cake begins to pull away from sides of pan, about 1 hour.
  • Cool cake in pan on rack 30 minutes. Invert cake onto rack and cool completely.Glaze
  • Combine powdered sugar, maple syrup, half and half, melted butter and espresso powder in medium bowl. Whisk until smooth, adding more half and half by 1/2 teaspoonfuls if glaze is too thick to drizzle. Spoon glaze decoratively over top of cake; let stand at room temperature until glaze is firm, about 1 hour.