🍰 Ultimate Pumpkin Cake with Warm Spices & Maple Vanilla Glaze | Fall Baking Favorite

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

granulated sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Coconut sugar is less processed and lower on the glycemic index.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cake flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: applesauce

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Applesauce reduces fat while keeping moisture.

In a bowl, combine flour, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, baking powder, and baking soda; whisk together and set aside.

In the bottom of a stand mixer, add unsalted butter, granulated sugar, and light brown sugar; cream together for 1 to 2 minutes on medium speed.

Scrape the bowl down and add vegetable oil; cream together until slightly fluffy, about 1 to 2 minutes.

Add eggs one at a time, mixing on medium speed; scrape the bowl frequently to ensure even mixing.

Add pumpkin puree and cream together for 1 to 2 minutes, occasionally turning the mixer up to high for better incorporation.

Add 2 and 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract; scrape the bowl again.

Add half of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients; mix just until it begins to dissipate, leaving some streaks of flour.

Add the remaining flour mixture, scrape the bowl, and mix just for a few seconds; finish mixing by hand to avoid overmixing.

Grease the cake pan with a cake release formula or butter and flour; pour the batter into the pan and smooth it out.

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and bake for 30 to 45 minutes, checking for doneness at 30 minutes.

Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 3 hours before adding the glaze.

To make the glaze, whisk together powdered sugar, melted butter, and maple syrup; add boiling water gradually until the desired consistency is reached.

Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake; it will set quickly but not become rock hard.

Slice into the cake to reveal its moist texture.

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