Day 285: Spiced Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Day 285: Spiced Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 13
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 710 milliliters all purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 237 milliliters (packed) brown sugar; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 237 milliliters canola oil; 1 Tbsp cinnamon; 250 grams 8 oz. pkg. light or regular cream cheese, softened; 4 larges eggs; 1 Tbsp grated fresh ginger; 2 Tbsps water, or enough to make a spreadable frosting; 946 milliliters icing sugar, or enough to make a spreadable frosting; 1 teaspoons ground allspice; 0 teaspoons nutmeg; 398 mLs 14 oz. pure pumpkin; 1 teaspoon salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp vanilla; 1 teaspoon vanilla

One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 707 calories. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 13. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. If you have canolan oil, baking powder, baking soda, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture along with the pumpkin and stir with a spatula until almost combined; add the dried fruit and nuts and stir just until blended.

Ingredients you will need

Dried Fruit

Pumpkin

All Purpose Flour

Nuts

Egg

Equipment you will use

Spatula

Scrape into prepared pan(s) and bake for an hour, until the tops are springy to the touch. (It will be closer to 45 minutes for three layers, or an hour and ten minutes for a Bundt.) Cool in the pan on a wire rack.4To make frosting, beat the cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer until smooth; add about a cup of icing sugar and beat until smooth, then add more, and 2 tablespoons of water, and keep beating until you have a smooth, spreadable frosting.5Once cakes have cooled, invert them onto the racks out of their pans, flip them back over and slice most of the domed top off using a long, serrated knife.6 Frost with the cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients you will need

Cream Cheese Frosting