Pumpkin Pound Cake

Jacob went through my Cupboard Project recipes and categorized them all, because all the loose recipes were bugging him.  We found one we had all the stuff to make and Jacob offered to make it.  Thanks Jacob!

Pumpkin pie goodness in a delicious pound cake. This simple pound cake recipe uses pumpkin pie spice and the convenience of canned pumpkin to create the flavors of fall.

45 min. prep time 2:40 total time

16 servings

Pound Cake

from Land o Lakes

 

3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice*

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups Land O Lakes® Butter, softened

6 Land O Lakes® Eggs

3/4 cup mashed cooked pumpkin*

3/4 cup milk

Glaze

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

3 tablespoons Land O Lakes® Butter, softened

4 to 6 teaspoons milk

Directions

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt® pan; set aside.

Combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt in bowl. Set aside.

Combine sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Continue beating, adding eggs one at a time, until well mixed. Add pumpkin; continue beating until well mixed. Add flour mixture alternately with 3/4 cup milk; beat at low speed until well mixed.

Spoon batter into prepared pan.  Bake 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.

Combine powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons butter and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in bowl. Glaze cooled cake.

*Substitute canned pumpkin.

Nutrition Facts (1 serving)

Calories: 460

Fat: 22g

Cholesterol: 130mg

Sodium: 460mg

Carbohydrates: 60g

Dietary Fiber: 1g

Protein: 6g

Don't let the nutrition facts fool you.  This is healthy!  Think of the pumpkin, and just look at all that protein in just one serving!  Anyway, we liked it.  We don't have a bundt, so we used two bread pans, so it took longer to cook and the bottom got just a tad overcooked in making sure the middle was cooked through.  But it was still delicious. I gave a loaf to my neighbor friend this morning, so we'll see what she has to say about it.