Saturday, October 10, 2020

My Pumpkin Cake Recipe

 Hello World

I love anything and everything pumpkin and pumpkin spice (except for pumpkin spice lattes ironically).
I also love to make cakes. So I figured that I should mix the two together and made some pumpkin cake. I took a basic pumpkin bread recipe and tweaked it to make it slightly more like a cake. The recipe can make a two-layer cake that is 9 inches across or a three-layer cake that is 8 inches across. I chose to frost mine with cream cheese frosting, and it was delicious, though I'm sure a buttercream could be just as good. It is a rather dense cake, but I still think it has a nice texture, quite rich. It also has a nice pumpkin flavor, with the spices complementing it well and not overpowering it. I know cakes normally ask for oil, but I just prefer the texture that butter gives cakes over the oily texture. Plus it's a little healthier... I think... probably not.

This recipe is also important to me as it is my first recipe. Obviously, I'm still learning how to best type
them up but I think it came out pretty good. I'm also still learning how to come up with my own recipes, but it is something I have loved to do since I was little. They tended to be hit or miss. One day I'll use recipe cards, but today is not that day. One thing I see a lot in recipes that drive me crazy is when it says it is a 4 step recipe, but each step has like 4 steps in it. I have decided that would not be a thing with my recipes. I will separate each step so that you get a better estimate of how much work a recipe will be. Plus it helps me keep track of what I have and haven't done easier. Another big thing for me is measurements. When I bake I measure every ingredient to make sure that there is no room for error. Any time I have tried to just throw stuff together it ends in sadness.

If you bake this cake share it, along with what frosting you paired with it, and tag me!





Ingredients:

  • 1 c Softened Unsalted Butter
  • 2 c Sugar
  • 4 Large Eggs
  • 1 15oz Can Pumpkin Puree (2 cups pureed pumpkin)
  • 2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • 2 c Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Salt

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. In a large mixing bowl combine the butter and sugar until creamy.
  3. Add the eggs and mix.
  4. Mix in the can of pumpkin.
  5. In a separate bowl mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin spice, and salt together.
  6. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
  7. Grease two 9-inch* cake pans and evenly split the batter between both pans.
  8. Bake both pans on the center rack for 18-33 minutes.
  9. Let cool before frosting and decorating.
*Or three 8-inch pans

I would suggest cream cheese frosting, though, in the end, the choice is yours. Also share this recipe with friends who might use it!

Thank you so much for reading!

11 comments:

  1. Oh this looks amazing, if only you could buy pumpkin puree over here and I don't even know what pumpkin spice is!

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    1. It was supposed to be pumpkin pie spice (mistake on my part), which is a mix of cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, ground ginger, and ground cloves. Also you can use 2 cups of pureed sugar/pie pumpkins in place of canned pumpkin.

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  2. I love everything pumpkin! I’m going to have to try this, your cake came out beautiful.

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  3. This looks delish!! I might just have to add this to my fall bucket list 😍

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  4. Wow this looks delicious & just in time for fall - can’t wait to try this with my toddler :)

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  5. I love pumpkin too. Although I don't eat it as often as I'd like (don't know why, really). This cake looks like a delicious dream. I might venture making it. Thank you for sharing this mouth-watering recope.

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  6. This not only looks but delicious but how festive and cute!

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  7. This is a great recipe for fall and looks simply good💗

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  8. Ooh, pumpkin cake is not as popular over here in Australia, but I definitely want to try this one! Yum!

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  9. Oh my! I'm going to have to try this recipe out...Looks delicious!

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  10. OMG I have to try this it looks so good!

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