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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/maple-walnut-cake/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/maple-walnut-cake/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "maple-walnut-cake",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/maple-walnut-cake/",
  "title": "Maple Walnut Cake",
  "summary": "A sour cream and walnut cake mixed in one bowl. Right after baking, I soak it with maple syrup.",
  "categories": [
    "cakes"
  ],
  "holidays": [],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 15,
    "cook": 50,
    "total": 65
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 6,
          "item": "Eggs",
          "text": "6 Eggs"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "Sugar",
          "text": "2 cups Sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 4,
          "item": "Packets vanilla sugar",
          "note": "0.35 oz each",
          "text": "4 Packets vanilla sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1.67,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "Containers sour cream",
          "note": "about 3/4 cup each",
          "text": "1⅔ cups Containers sour cream"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "Oil",
          "text": "1 cup Oil"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 3,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "All-purpose flour",
          "text": "3 cups All-purpose flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "item": "Packet baking powder",
          "note": "0.35 oz (about 2 tsp)",
          "text": "1 Packet baking powder"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "Chopped walnuts",
          "text": "1 cup Chopped walnuts"
        },
        {
          "item": "Cooking spray",
          "note": "for the pan",
          "text": "Cooking spray"
        },
        {
          "item": "Maple syrup",
          "note": "for soaking the cake after baking",
          "text": "Maple syrup"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "steps": [
        "Preheat the oven to 355°F and grease the pan with cooking spray.",
        "Mix all the ingredients in the order listed.",
        "Pour into the pan and bake for about 50 minutes in a round pan, or about 40 minutes in English cake (loaf) pans.",
        "Remove from the oven and immediately pour maple syrup generously over the cake.",
        "Cool completely before slicing."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [
    "For a lighter, airier cake, I first beat the eggs with both kinds of sugar for 5 minutes."
  ],
  "updated": "2026-10-12"
}