"This sweet and gooey pudding cake with crisp candied edges, a Maine favorite borrowed from neighboring Quebec, is known as pouding aux chômeurs—the unemployed guy's pudding. Hayward doesn't know how this dessert got its name, but the lavish use of maple syrup (a Maine staple) probably helped make it popular...."
INGREDIENTS
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1 1/3 cups dark amber maple syrup
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1 stick plus 3 tablespoons (5 1/2 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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Pinch of mace
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1 large egg
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1 large egg yolk
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1/3 cup buttermilk
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2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
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2/3 cup sugar