Pumpkin Cake Recipe

Pumpkin Cake

Recipe By: Bahar

About this Recipe:

Bahar: Easy to make and very tasty. You can change the amount of spices depending on your taste. An absolutely amazing cake for your thanksgiving dinner or any other gathering specially in cold days. Make sure to put a piece aside for yourself as it won't last long on the table.

Main Ingredients:

Vegetable oil: 1 cup
Sugar: 2 cups (1.5 white and 0.5 brown sugar*)
Pumpkin puree: 2 cup
Eggs: 3 at room temperature
All purpose flour: 2+1/2 cup
Baking powder: 2 tsp
Baking soda: 1 tsp
Ground cinnamon: 2 tsp
Ground cloves: 1/2 tsp (optional)
Ground nutmeg: 1/2 tsp (optional)
Salt: 1/4 tsp
Vanilla: 1 tsp
Walnuts and/or pecans: 1/2 cup chopped (optional)
confectioners sugar (optional, to decorate)
ground cinnamon (optional, to decorate)
caramel syrup (optional, to decorate)

Directions:

1. Grease and flour one 10 inch bundt or tube pan.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

3. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground cloves (optional), ground nutmeg (optional) and salt together.

4. In a large bowl, mix vegetable oil and sugar using a whisk. Mix in the eggs, one at a time and whisk well after each addition.

5. Add vanilla powder and pumpkin puree, mix well.

6. Gently mix in the flour mixture until just combined. If desired, stir in some chopped nuts.

7. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

8. Bake in preheated oven for about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

9. Let cool in pan for 10-15 minutes. Turn out onto a plate and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar and/or ground cinnamon. Alternatively, pour some caramel syrup on the cake.

*Brown sugar adds more texture to the cake. You can change the ratio of brown to white sugar or use all white sugar if you like.

Published on October 13, 2008
Last edited on October 29, 2009

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