Wondering what to do with that leftover pumpkin your mum packed for you to take home? Or are you craving a warm moist spiced cake? If you can get your hands on some pumpkin or butternut, boil, steam, or roast it and then blend it into a puree and bake.
Pumpkin Spice Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/3 cup blended pumpkin
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 3 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup mala or butter milk
Directions
Grease a loaf tin and dust with flour.Preheat oven to 170°C or 350°F.
In a large bowl using an electric mixer, cream 1 cup sugar with 1/2 cup butter. When combined add the 1/2 cup of oil and 1 teaspoon of vanilla next. Beat in the 3 eggs one at a time until completely absorbed. Add the 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ginger, and 1 teaspoon mixed spice. Finally into the wet ingredients, add 1 1/3 cup of mashed pumpkin.
In a separate bowl, mix 3 1/4 cups all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Whisk to combine.
For the next stage, start and finish with the flour.
Into the butter mixture, pour in 1 cup of flour and 1/2 cup of buttermilk/mala. Follow with the second cup of flour and the remaining 1/2 cup of buttermilk/mala. Finally mix the third cup of flour. It is a fluffy batter.
Spoon the batter into a large baking tin or into two loaf tins. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Half way through the baking time, rotate the pan front to back.
It is ready when a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
Enjoy!
What’s the name of that emotion? It’s dusk, the lighting is soft. Amazing music wafts from the stereo. Home is cozy and inspires creativity. There’s a good book to dig into, great conversation, delicious cake smells, and and a delicious home cooked meal. Heart full.
This recipe is amazing! The cake tastes so very nice! Moist, spicy and colorful. After many trials with different Pumpkin Cakes recipes, this one was the one! Gratzie!
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Thanks Bybes ?