Pumpkin Cake I Food

PUMPKIN CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 10-inch bundt or tube pan.
• Blend oil, beaten eggs, pumpkin and vanilla together.
• Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda, ground nutmeg, ground allspice, ground cinnamon, ground cloves and salt together. Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and mix until just combined. If desired, stir in some chopped nuts. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cake cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a plate and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, eggs, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the pumpkin puree. Beat in the flour mixture. Stir in the chopped pecans. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

THE GREAT PUMPKIN CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Bake two bundt cakes in fluted cake pans per the cake mix instructions. Let cool.
• In the meantime, empty the frosting into a medium-sized bowl and add the food coloring according to your desired intensity of color.
• Remove one cake from the pan and turn it upside down on a large platter. With a bread cutting knife, slowly take off a thin layer of the top end of the cake to make the end flat. Do the same for the second cake.
• Take small strips of foil and place it around the bottom of the cake; butting it right up to the cake. This will protect the platter from getting dirty while you're spreading the frosting.
• With a knife or spatula, spread a layer of orange frosting to the flat end of the cake that is turned upside down on the platter.
• Take the second cake and turn it upright and place on top of the cake on the platter making sure that the grooves in the cakes match up with each other.
• Begin spreading the orange frosting around the ring between where the cakes meet to fill in the gap.
• Apply remaining frosting to the rest of the cake spreading it in an up and down fashion so you give the illusion of the lines you see in pumpkins. Make sure that you also cover inside the hole of the cake in the same way; at least half way down in the hole.
• Carefully remove the foil from cake platter.
• Now that your cake looks like a pumpkin, take the decorator's icing and with the straight piping cap, create swirls of vines around the pumpkin; then change out the cap and put on the leaf cap and place leaves where you desire on the vines.
• Now step back and admire your work of art!

CHOCOLATE CAKE IN A PUMPKIN

Steps:

• Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350˚ F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Cut off the top one-quarter of the pumpkin; reserve. Scoop out the seeds with a spoon and scrape the inside clean. Place the pumpkin on the prepared baking sheet.
• Whisk the flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder in a medium bowl. Combine the butter, brown sugar and water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer, stirring, until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves, 3 minutes. Whisk in the chocolate until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat; whisk in the eggs, vanilla and scotch until smooth, then whisk in the flour mixture until combined.
• Pour the batter into the pumpkin, filling it about three-quarters of the way. Add the pumpkin top to the baking sheet, if desired (don't put it on top of the pumpkin). Bake until the cake is browned and rises slightly out of the opening of the pumpkin, about 1 hour. Reduce the oven temperature to 300˚ F and continue baking until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, about 50 more minutes. Let cool 3 to 4 hours before slicing.
• Meanwhile, make the butterscotch sauce: Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the brown sugar and cook, stirring, until melted and bubbling, about 2 minutes. Whisk in the heavy cream and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir in the pumpkin pie spice, salt, vanilla and scotch. Transfer to a small bowl and let cool slightly.
• Slice the cake into wedges, cutting through the pumpkin. Serve with vanilla ice cream and drizzle with the butterscotch sauce.

HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line a 30 x 20cm baking or small roasting tin with baking parchment. Put the flour, sugar, spice, bicarbonate of soda, sultanas and salt into a large bowl and stir to combine. Beat the eggs into the melted butter, stir in the orange zest and juice, then mix with the dry ingredients till combined. Stir in the pumpkin. Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 30 mins, or until golden and springy to the touch.
• To make the frosting, beat together the cheese, butter, icing sugar, orange zest and 1 tsp of the juice till smooth and creamy, then set aside in the fridge. When the cake is done, cool for 5 mins then turn it onto a cooling rack. Prick it all over with a skewer and drizzle with the rest of the orange juice while still warm. Leave to cool completely.
• If you like, trim the edges of the cake. Give the frosting a quick beat to loosen, then, using a palette knife, spread over the top of the cake in peaks and swirls. If you're making the cake ahead, keep it in the fridge then take out as many pieces as you want 30 mins or so before serving. Will keep, covered, for up to 3 days in the fridge.

ZUCCHINI PUMPKIN CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour 2 9 inch cake pans or 10x13 pan and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat eggs to blend, add oil, sugar and vanilla.
• Continue beating until thick and foamy.
• Stir in zucchini and pumpkin.
• Mix remaining ingredients in a separate bowl.
• Stir dry mixture gently into zucchini mixture just until blended.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Top with cream cheese frosting.
• CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:.
• Put Frosting ingredients in food processor and mix till creamy add sour cream to make it creamier if necessary.
• Press pine nuts into sides of cake.
• Eat Away!

PUMPKIN CAKES IN A JAR

Steps:

• Cream the shortening and the sugar together. Add the eggs, baking powder, soda, salt, and spices. Add water alternately with flour. Stir in nuts and pumpkin. Wash the 8 pint size jars in hot soapy water and allow to dry. Next grease them using a brush dipped in melted shortening.
• Fill each jar 1/2 full of batter and wipe the rims clean. Bake on middle rack on cookie sheet at 325°F for 35 to 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile bring pot of water to boil. Once it boils turn it off. Place the lids and rings in the water and let sit in water until ready to use. When the cakes are done, remove the jars one at a time and place the lid on (don't worry about wiping away the water, the added moisture will not hurt the cakes). Add ring and screw the lid on tightly. Let rest until cooled completely. Jars will seal on their own as they cool. Makes 8 pint size jar cakes that will last up to 6 months.
• If giving as a gift, cover lid with pretty fabric and attach a card giving name of cake, date made, and expiration date.
• If not for a gift, just write the info on lid with a marker.
• When ready to eat, if cake does not come out easy just run under hot tap water for a few seconds or place in microwave with the lid removed for 2 seconds. Eat within 2 days after opening and store in refrigerator after it is opened.
• Recipezaar Editor Note: Additional information from Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service regarding canning safety for breads and cakes.
• http://hgic.clemson.edu/PDF/HGIC3051.pdf.
• "These products are not recommended for canning. Choose recipes that you can freeze. In fact, most of these products are not really "canned." The directions call for baking in the jar and then closing with a canning lid. Many recipes for quick breads and cakes are low acid and have the potential for supporting the growth of bacteria like Clostridium botulinum if it is present inside the closed jar. You will see these products made commercially; however, additives, preservatives and processing controls not available for home recipes are used. Canning jar manufacturers also don't endorse baking in their canning jars.