Spiced Pumpkin-Molasses Cake

Name: Spiced Pumpkin-Molasses Cake
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: Cooking spray; 3 c. cake flour, spooned and leveled; 1 tbsp. pumpkin pie spice; 1 tsp. baking soda; 1 tsp. baking powder; 1 tsp. kosher salt; 1 c. molasses; 1 c. canned pure pumpkin; 3/4 c. buttermilk; 1/2 c. vegetable oil; 1 large egg; Confectioners’ sugar

By Marian Cooper CairnsPublished: Sep 7, 2020

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spiced pumpkin molasses cake, mummy pumpkin hand pies

REN FULLER

Yields:

10 serving(s)

Total Time:

2 hrs 25 mins

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Ingredients

Cooking spray
3 cups cake flour, spooned and leveled
1 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. kosher salt
1 cup molasses
1 cup canned pure pumpkin
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
Confectioners’ sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 10-inch round cake pan. Whisk together flour, pie spice, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Whisk together molasses, pumpkin, buttermilk, oil, and egg in a second bowl. Pour wet ingredients into well of dry ingredients, and whisk just until combined. Transfer to prepared pan.

2. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes, then invert onto rack to cook completely.

3. Just before serving, dust with confectioners’ sugar, using a festive stencil made from parchment paper (get the template), if desired.

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