Halloween seems so long ago already and I thought it was high time that I had a go at making some of those yummy pumpkin cakes. When I carved my pumpkin the day before halloween I kept all the pulp to one side and placed it in the fridge, the next day the poor old carved pumpkin was obsolete so I chopped him up, removed the skin and steamed the chunks with the pulp for 45 minutes. Once tender I placed all the pumpkin into a bowl and used a hand blender to create a puree. The great thing about this puree is that you can freeze it for up to 6 months and simply use it when you need it, and last night it was used to make some pumpkin cake!
The cakes are deliciously moist, perfect for having with a cup of tea. There is a very small hint of pumpkin in the taste, but I’m pretty sure they won’t last long in this house!
Ingredients:
- 175g of pumpkin puree
- 220g of dark brown soft sugar
- 110g of butter
- 135g white bread flour
- 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 tsp of baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 eggs
Prep Time: 20Mins. Cook Time: 25 Mins.
Preheat oven to 180C and butter chosen loaf tin (or in my case 12 small loaf tins!). In a large bowl combine all the ingredients and mix until smooth. Spread evenly into the loaf tin and bake for around 25 minutes or until golden brown. Frost with either cream cheese or butter cream, I made some butter cream using icing sugar and butter and also mixed in a small amount of left over pumpkin puree.
9 thoughts on “Homegrown and Homemade: Pumpkin Cakes”
Oh my!!!! They look scrumptious!!! I’ve been completely inspired by you, Katie to make a wooden arch trellis ready for growing munchkin pumpkins next year! So these recipes are a detonate for me…hopefulky this time next year!
Yay! I’m so glad you’ve decided to grow them next year, you will love them! The best thing about them is that they can climb so they save so much space, plus they are delicious too
They look good. I know they ARE good and no wonder. They’re basically pumpkin-flavored butter and sugar. YUM! I’m in!
Haha yes! I’ll definately be making them again thats for sure
These look delicious. Definitely going to have to try growing some of these little cuties.
They were yummy indeed and I cannot reccommend the munchkin pumpkins enough! Plus they climb which saves space too
Oooh definitely going to give these a go and if they’ve got pumpkin in they’re surely healthy 😉
Haha! That made me giggle
Makes me feel a little better about eating them all!
These sound delicious. I make pumpkin pie with pumpkin purée but have never tried doing anything else with it, so now I have something new to try - thank you!