Pumpkin Spice Cake W Apricot Glaze Recipes

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, eggs, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the pumpkin puree. Beat in the flour mixture. Stir in the chopped pecans. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

SPICED PUMPKIN BUNDT CAKE WITH CITRUS GLAZE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter and flour a 12-cup bundt cake pan. In a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs, oil, pie mix, water, and pumpkin pie spice. Beat until well blended. Add the cake mixes and stir to combine. Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.
• Glaze: Combine 2 parts yellow food coloring with 4 parts red food coloring to make orange food coloring. Whisk the powdered sugar, orange juice, orange liqueur, and food coloring in a saucepan on low heat for 5 minutes or until the sugar melts. If the glaze seems too dry, add more water or orange juice to reach the right consistency. Drizzle the glaze over the cake.

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat overn to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a large bowl, combine the dry cake mix, eggs, pumpkin, water, oil, pudding mix and cinnamon. Beat at medium speed for 5 minutes. Stir in pecans. , Pour into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45-55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Frost cake or serve with whipped cream.

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE WITH MAPLE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place first 10 ingredients in a large bowl; beat on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium 2 minutes. Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan., Bake 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., Whisk confectioners' sugar, milk, syrup and maple flavoring until smooth. Drizzle over cake and sprinkle with pecans.

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE W/ APRICOT GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease & flour a 9 x 13" baking pan.
• Beat all ingredients in a large bowl, on low with an electric mixer, scraping bowl constantly, for 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. Pour into pan.
• Bake until wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 45-50 minutes. Cool.
• Warm the apricot preserves with the ginger and rum in the microwave on low. Blend well. Spoon onto cake before totally cooled. Sprinkle the toasted almonds over the glaze and cool completely. May be served with ice cream or whipped cream, but this is a really moist cake and needs no further topping.

MINI PUMPKIN SPICE CAKES WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Cake Preparation:
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Oil and flour 8 mini bundt pans. Combine cake mix, water, oil, and eggs in large bowl. Beat for 2 minutes, or until well blended. Divide batter equally among prepared pans. Bake for 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted near center of cakes comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans on cooling racks for 15 minutes. Invert cakes onto wire rack and cool completely.
• For the Orange Glaze:
• Heat cream in small saucepan over medium heat until just simmering; remove from heat. Add white morsels and stir until melted and smooth. Stir in food colorings, 1 drop at a time, until desired color is achieved. Drizzle glaze over cakes. Refrigerate cakes for 10 minutes, or until glaze is firm. Cover and reserve any remaining glaze.
• For the Marzipan Stems and Leaves:
• Place marzipan in medium bowl. Using latex gloves, knead food coloring, 1 drop at a time, into marzipan until desired color is achieved. Divide marzipan into 2 equal pieces. Roll 1 marzipan piece into a 12-inch-long log. Cut log crosswise into 8 equal pieces; set aside to use as stems. Flatten remaining marzipan piece, then place between 2 sheets of plastic wrap. Using rolling pin, roll out marzipan to 1/4-inch thickness. Using a leaf-shaped cookie cutter or small sharp knife, cut out 24 leaves. Decorate cakes with marzipan stems and leaves. Reheat reserved glaze. Serve cakes, passing glaze alongside.

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously butter and flour a 10 to 12-cup bundt pan.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Continue cooking until the foam in the pan has subsided and the butter is fragrant and nut brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Immediately transfer to the bowl of an electric mixer.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, allspice and salt in a large bowl.
• Beat together the browned butter, sugars and eggs with an electric mixer until well combined and thick. Beat in 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla and the pumpkin. Fold in the flour mixture and the crystallized ginger.
• Scrape into the pan and bake until a wooden pick inserted close to the center comes out with some moist crumbs attached, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool in the pan, then run a metal spatula around the edge and center of the pan and invert the cake onto a serving platter.
• Stir together the confectioners' sugar, heavy cream and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla in a small bowl. Drizzle over the cake.

PUMPKIN CAKE WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 12 cup Bundt pan.
• Combine brown sugar and shortening in large bowl.
• Beat on low speed until creamy.
• Add the eggs one a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir in the pumpkin and water.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and the salt in a medium bowl.
• Add to the pumpkin mixture, beating at low speed until well blended.
• Beat for 2 minutes at medium speed.
• Fold in the 1/2 cup of walnuts and raisins.
• Spoon into the pan.
• Bake for 55-60 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
• Place cake on serving plate.
• For the glaze, combine the sugar, orange peel and orange juice.
• Stir with a spoon until well blended.
• Spoon over top of the cake, letting the excess glaze run down the sides of the cake.
• Sprinkle with additional nuts before the glaze hardens.