I started with a Pumpkin Cake I found on Allrecipes I altered it a little, so here's my version.
Pumpkin Cake III
2 cups white sugar1/2 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup applesauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups canned pumpkin (or a 15oz. can) or cooked & pureed pie pumpkin
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
3 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/3 tsp ground ginger
Directions (from Allrecipes)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 12x18 inch pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. Set aside.
- In a large bowl combine sugar, oil, and applesauce. Blend in vanilla and pumpkin, then beat in eggs one at a time. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Spread batter into prepared 12x18 inch pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
FROSTING
Found in a Facebook share from this gal: https://www.facebook.com/melody.mclaughlin1 ---she has lots of good looking recipes on her wall...)
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EASY HOMEMADE WHIPPED CREAM FROSTING
This is SOO delicious. It WONT melt at room temperature like regular whipped cream!
It's VERY stable. Its wonderful used for frosting a cake or even dipping fruit in it! Not TOO sweet.
Very versatile!
**This recipe makes 5 cups**
1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened [I used neufchatel)
1/2 cup white sugar [yes regular granulated sugar]
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract [I used orange extract because I didn't have almond on hand]
2 cups of heavy cream
Directions:
Combine the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract and almond extract in a large mixing bowl or the bowl of your mixer.
Once all in the bowl, mix on medium speed until smooth.
While the mixture is still whipping, slowly pour in the heavy cream.
Stop and scrape the bottom of the bowl a few times while you continue whipping until the cream can hold a stiff peak.
This is SOO delicious. It WONT melt at room temperature like regular whipped cream!
It's VERY stable. Its wonderful used for frosting a cake or even dipping fruit in it! Not TOO sweet.
Very versatile!
**This recipe makes 5 cups**
1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened [I used neufchatel)
1/2 cup white sugar [yes regular granulated sugar]
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract [I used orange extract because I didn't have almond on hand]
2 cups of heavy cream
Directions:
Combine the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract and almond extract in a large mixing bowl or the bowl of your mixer.
Once all in the bowl, mix on medium speed until smooth.
While the mixture is still whipping, slowly pour in the heavy cream.
Stop and scrape the bottom of the bowl a few times while you continue whipping until the cream can hold a stiff peak.
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I slathered this over the sheet cake and then using a star frosting tip did a zigzag border around the outside edge. Simple yet so tasty. I'm not sure if this frosting is sturdy enough to hold up a multi-layer cake, but if you try it out let me know.
ENJOY!
I just made this for my son's 1st birthday... he loved the cake. I actually made it with 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour and 1/2 cup all-purpose. Next time I'll use all whole wheat since the flavor didn't stand out.
ReplyDeleteMaking this for my 3rd child's 2nd Birthday this weekend. I grew my own pumpkin and found out that you can actually puree the pumpkin skin too. I just baked cleaned out pumpkin halves face down in a 9X13... 350 for 1.5 hrs (I think) until skin wrinkles and it's tender when poked. I had already removed the stem. Removed any scarred spots on the skin and the woody part at the base. Instead of having to scrape the flesh from the skin I just threw all of it in the blender and it's a nice deep orange color... Excited for this cake. I'm going to use Honey powder instead of sugar too. We'll see how it turns out.
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