An easy, made-from-scratch cake perfect for autumn

If you’re going to perfect one baking skill this fall, make it a from-scratch cake with this simple Pumpkin Bundt Cake recipe. Its the go-to kind of dessert to get you through an entire season of dinner parties and celebrations. Its orange color makes it our pick for a Halloween dessert.

Pumpkin Bundt Cake is the aphrodisiac of the season

Subtly pumpkin flavored, the cake makes a fine replacement for tired, old pumpkin pie at the Thanksgiving table and its comforting blend of baking spices will bring holiday cheer at Christmastime. Best of all, this Pumpkin Bundt Cake recipe is loaded with the aphrodisiac ingredients. For starters, there’s pumpkin. (You might be surprised to learn that pumpkin has an aphrodisiac history.) But on top of that, it’s loaded with the spice mix that’s been dubbed one of the best aphrodisiacs for men. Learn more about what makes pumpkin pie spice such a potent aphrodisiac.

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This is one of our favorite recipes from Chrysta Wilson’ cookbook Kiss My Bundt. (See our review.) This is the book that taught us to make all of our cakes from scratch and inspires us to try some innovative new ingredients each time we make cake.

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Harvest Pumpkin Cake

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

40 mins

Cooling time

45 mins

Total Time

55 mins

 

An easy-made-from-scratch cake recipe from Kiss My Bundt: recipes from the award-winning bakery by Chrysta Wilson. This is a great choice for any autumn occasion from Halloween to Thanksgiving. 

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Pumpkin Cake

Dish Type: cake

Cooking Style: Baking

Seasonal: autumn, Christmas, Halloween, Holiday season, Thanksgiving

Ingredient: Pumpkin Puree

Servings: 1 cake

Created by: Chrysta Wilson

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 eggs room temperature
• 1 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cups brown sugar packed
• 15-16 oz can pumpkin purée not pumpkin pie filling,
• 1 cups vegetable oil

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt. Set aside.
3. Using an electric mixer, beat eggs on medium speed until frothy, 3-4 minutes.
4. Turn mixer speed to low and slowly add sugars. Beat until very thick.
5. At a medium speed, mix in pumpkin purée and oil, mixing until thoroughly incorporated.
6. With the mixer on low, add dry ingredients to the wet 1/2 cup at a time. Do this slowly so that the batter doesn’t develop clumps.

7. Transfer batter to a 12-14 cup bundt pan that has been coated with a baker’s cooking spray that includes flour (or greased and floured). (Alternatively, you can use the batter to make 24 cupcakes, 2 cake rounds or one loaf cake.)

8. Bake cake until an inserted toothpick or cake tester comes out clean--about 40 minutes. (Cupcakes will cook in less than half the time.)
9. Invert cake onto a cooling rack or serving plate. If cake resists, cool in the pan for 15 minutes before inverting. (If cake still resists, cool an additional 15 minutes in the pan.) Cool completely before frosting, at least 1 hour.
10. Serve plain or top with cream cheese frosting or a vanilla or cinnamon glaze.

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