Equipment
- Stand mixer
- 12 cup bundt pan
Ingredients
Pumpkin Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 large eggs
- 3 cups cake flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ cup sour cream room temperature
- ¾ cup canned pumpkin
- 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
Browned Butter Glaze
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter melted and browned until tiny specs form
- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
Direction
Pumpkin Pound Cake
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and prepare your bundt pan with shortening and flour or non-stick baking spray.
- In your mixer bowl, cream together butter, sugar and salt on high speed until light and fluffy for 5 minutes.
- Next add in eggs, one at a time, and mix until well incorporated.
- Slow mixer to lowest speed and carefully add in flour, cinnamon and baking powder then add in sour cream, pumpkin and extract and mix until just combined.
- Pour cake batter into bundt pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out moist but mostly clean.
- Cool cake for 10 minutes then invert cake onto cooling rack and cool until room temperature.
Brown Butter Glaze
- Whisk together melted butter, confectioner’s sugar and milk.
- Drizzle glaze over cooled cake and serve.
