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White House Pumpkin Cake

Here's how you make White House Pumpkin Cake
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 60m
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 1/4 cups dark brown sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup oil (vegetable oil)
  • 7 ounces pureed pumpkin
  • 1/4 cup whole milk (warmed)
  • FOR ICING
  • 1 cup confectioners sugar
  • 1 tablespoon orange zest
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 6 ounces butter, softened
  • 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
  • 1 pound cream cheese (room temperature)
  • 1/16 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees

  • Step 2: Sift the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Put this aside.

  • Step 3: Beat together brown sugar and eggs with a mixer.

  • Step 4: Beat in the vegetable oil and then the pumpkin puree.

  • Step 5: Add the dry ingredients mixture alternating with the whole milk in three parts.

  • Step 6: Mix well and scrape the sides and bottom of bowl between each part. Grease and flour a bundt pan. Spray Pam on it

  • Step 7: Bake for about one hour.

  • Step 8: Let the cake cool in the pan and then turn out onto a cooling rack.

  • Step 9: For the finishing touch, pour the orange cream cheese icing over the top of the cooled bundt cake.

  • Step 10: FOR ICING: Place cream cheese and confectioners sugar in bowl and beat with a mixer until it becomes a smooth cream.

  • Step 11: Add the softened butter to the bowl. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a plastic spatula and then add the orange zest, vanilla extract, heavy cream, pinch of salt and orange juice.

  • Step 12: Set the frosting aside until you are ready to pour over cake.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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