Brown Butter Pumpkin Pecan Cake Recipe

click to rate
1 vote | 547 views
 

Ingredients

  • For the Pumpkin Puree
  • 2 tsp. vegetable oil
  • 1 medium-large Sugar Pie pumpkin, cut in half from stem to bottom and seeded
  • Looks a lot like homemade, doesn't it?Tip: Please substitute 1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin purée for homemade, by all means.
  • For the cake
  • 6 oz. (3/4 cup) unsalted butter; more for the pans
  • 9 oz. (2 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour; more for the pans
  • 1-1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1-1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. ground ginger
  • 3/4 tsp. table salt
  • 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • For the topping: Here Andrew doubled the recipe to completely cover the cake with this crunchy delicious topping. You should too!
  • 1-1/2 Tbs. unsalted butter
  • 2/3 cup pecans
  • 1/2 cup unsalted, raw, hulled pepitas
  • 2 Tbs. firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. table salt
  • 1-1/2 Tbs. chopped crystallized ginger
  • For the frosting
  • 4 oz. (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
  • 8 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 5 oz. (1-1/4 cups) confectioners’ sugar

Toolbox

Add the recipe to which day?
« Today - Apr 04 »
Today - Apr 04
April 5 - 11
April 12 - 18
April 19 - 25
Please select a day
or Cancel
Loading... Adding to Planner
How good does this recipe look to you?
Click to rate it:
 
Advertisement
Advertisement

Leave a review or comment