Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Pumpkin-Chocolate Cake

I thought it would be nice to have a Blog dedicated to Baking and food type info... the first post will be for the really great cake I made on last Sunday. I found it on All recipes, but tweaked it a bit - so here is my version of a recipe submitted by Sal.

Pumpkin-Chocolate Cake and Glaze

Ingredients
2 2/3 c all-purpose flour
2/3 c cocoa powder
1 1/2 tlbs Pumpkin pies spice (I made my own)
The break down was all ground spices - 1/2 Cinnamon, 1/4 ginger, 1/4 clove, 1/8 nutmeg, I used much more than 1/8 nutmeg as I really like fresh grated, but you can do it to your taste)
2 teas baking powder
1 teas baking soda
3/4 c butter - room temp
2 c white sugar
1/3 c applesauce
2 teas vanilla
3 eggs, beaten
1/2 c heavy cream (I used whipping cream)
1 15 ounce can of pumpkin - you could use fresh pumpkin - I had a big can of pumpkin an used a bit more than 15 ounces.

Glaze
1 c brown sugar
1/2 c butter
1/3 c heavy cream ( I used whipping cream)
1 c xxxx sugar

1 - Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease a 9 inch Bundt pan

2 - In a medium bowl, mix the flour, cocoa powder, spices, baking powder and baking soda. In a large bowl, beat together 3/4 c butter, 2 c white sugar, 2 teas vanilla, applesauce and eggs. Mix in 1/2 c heavy cream and pumpkin.


Stir in the flour mixture just until blended. Spread evenly into greased Bundt pan.

33 - Bake for 50 - 60 mins in the oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the caked comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan over a wire rack. Invert cake onto a serving plate.


4 - for the glaze - place brown sugar, 1/2 c butter and 1/3 c heavy cream in a medium saucepan. bring to boil while stirring to blend until smooth. Cook for a min or so until sugar is dissolved - DO NOT over cook as the glaze will become lumpy and not drizzle - After the short cooking time whisk in the XXXX sugar and drizzle over the cake immediately.

9 comments:

  1. Love your header picture!! I am so excited that you started this blog - although my hips are screaming at me to look away!

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  2. Yay for the new blog!! You just have to enable in one or another don't you?! Just kidding of course!

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  3. Yeah for food. I will definately try to make some of the treats.

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  4. I'm so excited that you started this food blog, Edgar--you've always shown us such tempting treats!

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  5. Oh boy...oh boy...another foodie blog! You've just got to put the recipe for those brownie bars up here! They were a big hit with all my neighbors.

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  6. Yeah for all your recipes in their own blog! This cake sounds so yummy. Is it really 1.5 tablespoons of pumpkin pie spice?

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  7. Thanks for the new blog Edgar!
    What a great time of year to start it with the holidays coming! The long winter months will have us all taste testing (and stitching)...oh what a perfect world that would be!

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  8. None of our stores have canned pumpkin in stock yet. I'm going to buy about 25 cans when it gets here! They have been out since before last Thanksgiving.

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  9. This looks so yummy - I think this will get through in my house - DH does not like Pumpkin andything - so I am thinking this would be perfect for the rest of us and him (he'll never know!!)

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