Eating My Way Through the Holidays. Festive Food Gifts: Itty Bitty Pumpkin Cake! Do you have a love affair with pumpkin spice? You know, that delectable blend of bakery spices recognized as nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice. Perhaps they remind you of autumn. The days are still warm as the evenings turn chilly enough to gather around the fire pit in a thick cozy sweater. Childhood memories conjure up bumpy hayrides through apple orchards, jack-o-lanterns on the front porch, and disheveled piles of newly-raked leaves. Plus there’s all things pumpkin: pumpkin pie, pumpkin cake, pumpkin roll, pumpkin latte, and now this.
ITTY BITTY PUMPKIN CAKE
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon pumpkin spice
1/4 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup pumpkin purée
1/3 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Powdered sugar, for dusting
Fresh strawberries, for garnish
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350°. Spray six mini bundt pans with nonstick oil containing flour. Place pans on a baking sheet. Set aside. In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, sea salt, baking powder, pumpkin spice, and cinnamon. Set aside. In another bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Beat on High setting with a hand mixer for 2 minutes. Add egg and beat two minutes longer. Set aside. In a third bowl, combine the pumpkin purée, buttermilk, and vanilla extract. Mix well. Gradually pour half the pumpkin mixture and half the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Mix well, scraping the sides down as needed. Add the remaining ingredients; stirring only until combined. Do not over stir. Fill each prepared mini bundt pan 3/4 full. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Allow cakes to cool 5 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack. Once cool, dust with powdered sugar. Garnish with a fresh strawberry before serving.
Tinned pumpkin puree is something I wish we could buy in Australia.
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It definitely makes baking easier, that’s for sure. 😜🍃🥮
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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Pass It On……🍂🥮
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Looks so cute with that strawberry. Minicakes!
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I find minis very appealing. They make wonderful gifts for one special person, a couple, or a family. 🥮🍃🍓
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That’s right, such mini portions make lovely little gifts. Actually like muffins just a lot more creative.
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It looks so delicious. We will make it for five, and i will take all the strawberries. Lol I a other posting i had read about strawberry juice, and remembered never drunk this. I think this Christmas will have a lot of strawberries too. 🙂 xx Michael
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Strawberries are perfect for dessert, in my opinion. 🍃🍓
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I fully agree with you, Gail! Lets find some! 🙂 xx
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Living in Florida, I’m told the season is coming up! 🍃🍓
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So yummy looking, and just the right size!
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Plus…….it’s Pumpkin Spice! 🍂🥮
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💕🎃
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yum yum yum
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There’s nothing left to say. 😜🍂🥮🍓
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Itty bitty but full of deliciousness 😋🍃
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Pumpkin-flavored YUM! 🍃🥮
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With enough pumpkin puree left over for TEN
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Please delete this flub of my fingers. c.a.
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No worries. 🤣
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That’s the idea.
Bake. Eat. Repeat. 😋🍃🥮
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With enough pumpkin puree left over for TEN pumpkin pies, this will be a welcome relief from too much PIE! 😉
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For sure. 🍃🍓🥮
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So cute and cozy!
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Right? When I go to a bakery, I’m always looking for single-serving pastries. Then I can nibble at my leisure. 🍃🍓
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So true. 😋
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