Pumpkin Cake

Cowbridge Kitchen

About This Recipe

Halloween is a great time for playing tricks on friends and neighbours, it is also a long standing tradition to serve and use Pumpkin, so we have creating the perfect Halloween treat with this Pumpkin and Chocolate Cake.

Pumpkin recipes are all the rage at Halloween and they can be a real treat for those little monsters, Pumpkin Soup is one of my favourites as is this Chocolate Cake.

This Halloween Cake is a standard Loaf Cake made with Pumpkin and Chocolate in a Dark sponge, perfect as a snack for midnight trick or treaters. ...

History of Pumpkin Cake
Originating in North America, pumpkin has long been a staple in indigenous diets, with its use dating back to ancient times.

As European settlers arrived, they brought with them their own baking techniques and recipes, which began to merge with local ingredients, including the versatile pumpkin.

By the 19th century, pumpkin cake emerged as a popular dessert, particularly during the fall harvest season, when pumpkins were abundant.

This cake typically features a moist, spiced batter, often enhanced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, reflecting the warm flavours associated with autumn.

Over the years, various regional adaptations have developed, incorporating different frostings, such as cream cheese or maple, and even variations that include nuts or chocolate.

Today, pumpkin cake is not only a beloved treat during Thanksgiving and Halloween but also a symbol of the rich agricultural heritage and culinary creativity that defines American cuisine.

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Serves: Six

Tricky

Cook in: 1 hour

Prep: 45 min

Equipment:
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What is Pumpkin Cake

Pumpkin and Chocolate cake for a Halloween treat, it can be hard to come up with great ideas for Halloween treats but this cake is it.

Halloween also called 'All Hallows' evening' is much bigger in the US than in the UK, the Americans celebrate Halloween as big as other countries celebrate Christmas.

In the modern day Halloween has become popular due to modern culture and movies of the same name.

How to make Pumpkin Cake

Cuisine:Various

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Ingredients Nutrition Cost

For the Loaf
300 g Flour
125 g Salted Butter
1 tablespoon of Baking Powder
2 tablespoons of Cocoa Powder
1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon of nutmeg
200 g cooked pumpkin
100 ml of Buttermilk
150 g of Milk Chocolate
1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
175 g Caster Sugar
175 g Soft Brown Sugar
3 large Eggs*

For the Ginger Icing
1/2 teaspoon of Ground Ginger
Juice of 1 Orange (40 ml Approx. )
200 g Icing Sugar

Vegetarian*Contains egg

Nutrition:
This is based on 2 slices

Calories: 310High
Protein: 4g
Fat: 16g
Carbohydrates: 38gHigh
Fiber: 1g
Sugar: 21gHigh

High sugarHigh calories

Cost to make:
£6.55 / $8.29 (Est.)

*Prices may vary.

Cooking Instructions

Sift the flour , cocoa , baking powder , cinnamon and nutmeg into a mixing bowl. Mix together and set aside for later.
Cook the pumpkin in a pan of water until soft, then puree in a food processor.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of boiling water.
Mix the pumpkin , buttermilk , chocolate and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl.
Put the butter (cubed) in to another bowl and whisk together with the caster and brown sugar until fluffy. Add the beaten eggs and continue to whisk.

Add the butter and egg mixture to the bowl of flour and cocoa and slowly fold together, adding the pumpkin , chocolate and buttermilk mix gradually until all well combined.
Grease a 12 x 25 cm loaf tin with some butter.
Preheat your oven to 170 c.
Pour the batter into the loaf tin , about 1" from the top.
Bake in the oven for 1 hr.
After 25 minutes you can cover the tin with foil if you think it is browning to fast.

check with a skewer or a temperature probe by skewering it into the centre of the loaf. If the probe comes out clean the loaf is done.
Cool in the tin for 20 minutes , then turn it out onto a wire rack and allow to cool.
While the cake is cooling Zest 1 orange, then squeeze the juice.
Add the Ground Ginger to 200 g of icing sugar then mix together with the Orange Juice to form a thick topping.
Spoon the Ginger icing over the loaf and sprinkle with the Orange Zest.

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