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Pumpkin Cake with a Maple Glaze
A moist and flavorful pumpkin cake topped with a sweet maple glaze, perfect for fall gatherings.
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon all-spice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Wet Ingredients
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1 cup pure cane sugar
- 4 large eggs (room temperature)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or paste
- 1 15 ounce can pure pumpkin puree
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla paste
- 1 3/4 cups sifted confectioners sugar
- pinch salt
- 3 tablespoons chopped pistachios
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a cake pan.
- Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. In another bowl, combine wet ingredients.
- Gradually add dry to wet, mixing until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool completely.
- Prepare glaze by mixing confectioners sugar, maple syrup, milk, vanilla, and salt. Drizzle over cooled cake and sprinkle with pistachios.
Notes
For extra flavor, toast the pistachios before sprinkling on top.