Categories: Cakes, Canadian 
      Yield: 1 servings 
  
      1 c  Maple                               2 ts Baking powder 
      1 tb Butter; softened                  1/8 ts Salt 
      3 tb Sugar                             1/4 ts Nutmeg or cinnamon 
      1    Egg                               1/2 c  Milk 
      1 c  Flour, all purpose                1/4 c  Nutmeats, finely chopped (op 
  
  Bring syrup to a boil and pour into a generously buttered 8 by 8 by2 baking 
  dish.  Let stand in a warm place, With a large spoon beat butter, sugar and 
  egg together until creamy. Mix remaining dry ingredietns and add with the 
  milk to the creamed mixture, stirring until well blended. Place as four 
  large balls into hot syrup, then stretch dough with two forks until all are 
  joined together.  This is easy because the dough gets soft when it comes in 
  contact with the hot syrup. If using nut meats, add them to the hot syrup. 
  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Tastes great with ice cream or whipping 
  cream, served warm. From a recipe by Mme. Jehane Benoit. in _The Canadiana 
  Cookbook_