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Sunday, November 3, 2019

Dark Chocolate and Pumpkin Swirl Cake

NEED A PUMPKIN FIX?

LOVE CHOCOLATE? 
THEN THIS RECIPE IS FOR YOU:) 

DARK CHOCOLATE AND  PUMPKIN SWIRL CAKE 
Impress your family with a delicious marble cake. It's moist with a yummy pumpkin and chocolate pairing.  Recipe adapted from BHG.
Cake
  • Nonstick cooking spray
  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tsp. Saigon cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin not pumpkin pie filling
  • 3 ounces dark chocolate, melted
  • 2 TB. Dutch cocoa powder e.g. Droste
Directions:
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper and coat the parchment paper with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
Step 2
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon , baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
Step 3
In a medium bowl whisk together eggs and sugar. Add melted butter, buttermilk, and vanilla. Whisk until combined. Fold in pumpkin.
Step 4
Add the wet ingredients all at once to the dry ingredients and whisk just until no lumps remain.
Step 5
Divide batter in half. Add the melted chocolate (microwave chocolate 20 seconds, stir and repeat another 20 seconds. ) to the cocoa powder and then add to half of the batter; stir to combine.
Step 6
Add the two batters to the loaf pan, alternating between pumpkin and chocolate. Using a table knife, swirl through the batter. Bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Remove and cool in pan for 20 minutes. Remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
Step 7 Optional Icing
In a small bowl stir together the powdered sugar, half of the orange peel, and enough of the orange juice to make frosting consistency.
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. finely shredded orange peel
2 – 3 TB. milk or orange juice

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