Moist Maple-Almond Loaf Cakes - Maple from Canada

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup almond paste
• 10 medium eggs
• 2 cups maple sugar
• 1 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup maple syrup (preferably amber syrup for its rich flavour)
• 3 cups pastry flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp maple water
• 2 tbsp maple syrup (preferably amber syrup for its rich flavour)