This is an easy to prepare recipe combining orange and pumpkin with the best warm and sweet spices - Ginger, True Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Allspice & Clove Powder- to make a moist and delicious cake. This cake does not have a strong pumpkin or orange taste, but rather a perfect spice flavor that is so good, it is just irresistible. Try it and we think you'll agree, it is one of the best pumpkin cakes you have ever tasted!
GINGER POWDER, True Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Allspice, Clove Powder
Ingredients For The Cake:
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp True Cinnamon
1 tsp Ginger Powder
1/2 tsp each: Nutmeg and Allspice
1/4 tsp Clove Powder
4 eggs
1 cup orange juice
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp orange zest
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp orange extract
1/2 cup toasted pecans
Ingredients & Directions For Glaze:
Blend together until it is a syrup consistency:
1 cup (sifted) confectioners' sugar
1/2 tsp Ginger Powder
2-3 Tblspns orange juice
Directions For The Cake:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray, with cooking spray, a regular sized Bundt pan. Mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices. In a separate bowl, mix together the eggs, sugars, orange juice, pumpkin. oil, orange zest, and the vanilla and orange extracts. Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and stir until fully combined. Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan and then bake it in the preheated oven for about 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Let the cake cool on a rack until just warm and then remove it from the pan. Place the cake in a serving plate and pour the glaze over the top of the warm cake.
