Spiced pumpkin gingerbread cake with caramel drizzle
8
Points®
Total time: 1 hr 50 min • Prep: 45 min • Cook: 1 hr 5 min • Serves: 14 • Difficulty: Easy
Never used cold mashed pumpkin in a sweet cake before? Well this is the time to try! With all the spice of a tasty gingerbread and a sweet caramel sauce you won’t even realise you’re eating vegies.
Ingredients
Reduced fat oil spread
150 g, softened
Vanilla bean extract, alcohol free
2 tsp
Fresh ginger
25 g, finely grated
Granulated stevia sweetener
60 g, (1/2 cup) granulated
Maple syrup
½ cup(s)
Egg(s)
2 medium
White self-raising flour
2 cup(s)
Ground ginger
2 tsp
Ground cinnamon
½ tsp
Ground nutmeg
¼ tsp
Bicarbonate of soda
½ tsp
Skim milk
¾ cup(s)
Pumpkin, cooked without added fat
1 cup(s), (270g of cold, mashed butternut pumpkin)
Pecans
¼ cup(s)
Maple syrup
1 tbs, extra
Light cream
¼ cup(s), (cooking cream), (60ml)
Oil spray
1 x 3 second spray(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly spray a deep 21cm baba cake tin with oil.
2
Using electric beaters, beat 100g spread, vanilla extract, fresh ginger, stevia and half the maple syrup in a large bowl until pale and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until just combined. Fold in flour, ground ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg, salt and bicarbonate of soda with the milk, in 2 batches, until combined. Stir in pumpkin until combined.
3
Spread mixture into prepared tin. Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Stand cake in tin for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.
4
Meanwhile, heat cream, remaining spread and maple syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to the boil and boil for 2 minutes or until sauce reduces slightly. Remove from heat. Set aside for 5 minutes to thicken.
5
Place cake on a serving plate. Drizzle with caramel sauce.
6
Place ¼ cup pecans on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Drizzle with extra maple syrup and toss to coat. Bake for 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until golden and crisp. Set aside to cool. Coarsely chop. Sprinkle on top of cake.
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