Recipe of The Week: Pumpkin Spice Cake

Pumpkin spice and everything nice–that's what this cake is made of

By Compiled by: Shuchi Mehta September 8, 2014

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My first sweater of the season, football, glimpses of yellow leaves swirling in the wind and falling to the ground—yup, all signs point to fall. And what better way to celebrate the official start of lovehandle-hiding clothes than a slice of pumpkin spice and caramel heaven? Heather Christo, Queen-Anne based entertainment expert extraordinaire and foodie queen brings together all the ingredients that make that little nip in the air worth it. Whoever came up with that phrase “pumpkin spice and everything nice,” was probably sharing this cake with Christo. Give the recipe a shot and tweet @SeattleMag to let us know how it goes! 

Ingredients

Pumpkin Spice Cake:

  • ¾ cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 ½ cups white sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 ¼ cups pumpkin puree
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 teaspoon cardamom
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp nutmeg
  • ½ tsp ginger
  • 1 cup buttermilk
Caramel Pecan Glaze:
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup cream
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • ½ cup toasted pecans, chopped

Instructions

For the Pumpkin Spice Cake:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place a bundt cake pan on a baking sheet and generously grease it with baking spray.
2. In the bowl of a standing mixer, beat the sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and beat to combine. Add the pumpkin and combine well. It will look like the batter has curdled, but that’s okay!
3. In a separate bowl add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices and sift them all together. Add half of the flour mixture to the batter, and then half of the buttermilk. Combine completely and then add the rest of the flour and the rest of the buttermilk. Mix the batter until it is completely combined.
4. Pour the batter into the bundt cake pan. Bake the cake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
5. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool on a rack almost completely before turning out onto a cake platter.
6. When the cake has been turned out onto the platter, then make the caramel pecan topping.

For the Caramel Pecan Glaze: 
1. In a medium sized pan over medium heat add the sugar. When it starts to turn golden around the edges, reduce the heat to low and begin to stir until all the sugar has melted. Add the butter and the cream and stir constantly over low heat until you have a smooth caramel sauce- this may take up to 10 minutes.
2. Add the pecans and immediately stir and pour over the top of the pumpkin spice bundt cake.
3. Slice and Serve!

Preparation time: 10 minute(s)

Cooking time: 45 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 12

 

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