Pumpkin Pecan Bundt Cake Food

PUMPKIN-PECAN BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Generously spray 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, pumpkin, water, oil, eggs, cinnamon, ginger and 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in 3/4 cup pecans. Pour into pan.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven. Let stand 20 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In 1-quart saucepan, cook butter, brown sugar, 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg and whipping cream over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat; pour into medium bowl. Cool 20 minutes. With whisk, beat in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth. Immediately pour over cake. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons pecans on top. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

MOIST PUMPKIN TUBE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine sugar and oil until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and cloves; add to egg mixture alternately with pumpkin, beating well after each addition. , Transfer to a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake 60-65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack. Remove pan and cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

PUMPKIN BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan or tube pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix the eggs with a large fork until well blended.
• Mix in the sugar.
• Add the oil in a steady stream, mixing all the while, until the mixture is thick and smooth.
• Mix in the pumpkin, vanilla, cinnamon, clove and salt. Add the baking soda and baking powder in pinches, breaking up any lumps with your fingers.
• Stir in thoroughly.
• Stir in the whole wheat and all-purpose flours just until blended.
• Stir in the walnuts.
• Pour and scrape the batter into the pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
• Invert, remove the pan, and cool on the rack for about 15 minutes more. (Makes 10-12 servings)

PUMPKIN PECAN RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Grease and flour 12-cup bundt pan. Sprinkle pecans over bottom.
• Combine flour, ground pumpkin pie spices, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
• Beat butter, brown sugar in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add pumpkin and vanilla extract; beat well.
• Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, one third at a time, mixing well after each addition. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes. Make holes in cake with long pick; pour half of glaze over cake. Let stand 5 minutes and invert onto plate.
• Make holes in top of cake; pour remaining glaze over cake and let it cool completely.
• RUM BUTTER GLAZE: melt butter or margarine in small saucepan; stir in brown sugar and water. Bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat; stir in dark rum (or rum extract), and glaze over the cake as indicated above.