Pumpkin Bundt Cake With Vanilla Orange Glaze Recipes

Steps:

• Pan preparation:
• Generously coat the pan with butter-flavor nonstick vegetable spray or solid shortening, dust with flour, and tap out the excess flour.
• Make pumpkin bundt:
• Position rack in lower third of oven. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the sifted flour, baking powder (if using), baking soda, salt and spices. Set aside.
• Add the granulated sugar to the large bowl of an electric mixer and crumble in the dark brown sugar, breaking up any clumps with your fingers. Add the oil and 2 eggs and beat until blended, then beat in the remaining eggs and the pumpkin. Scrape down the bowl and beater.
• With the mixer on the lowest speed, alternately add the juice or milk (or buttermilk if using) and the dry ingredients. When everything is blended, scrape down the bowl, then beat a few seconds longer until the batter is smooth and creamy.
• Scoop the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 65 to 70 minutes (or for the time indicated for your altitude in the chart) or until the cake has risen, is springy to the touch and is cracked on top, and a cake tester inserted in the center comes out dry. Cool the cake in its pan on a rack for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Slide a knife around the pan sides and the top of the tube to release the cake. Top the cake with a foil-covered cardboard cake disk or a flat plate, invert, and lift off the pan. Peel off the paper, if you used it. Cool the cake completely.
• Make glaze:
• Once the cake has cooled, whisk together all the ingredients for the glaze until smooth and creamy. Add a drop more of milk if necessary. The glaze should have a soft, just slightly runny (but not liquefied) consistency. Spread the glaze on the top of the cake, letting it drip down the sides. While the glaze is still soft, sprinkle on the nuts, if desired. The glaze hardens as it dries.
• Cooks' Note
• Quantities for the glaze remain the same at all altitudes, but if you are baking the cake at high elevation, follow the adjustments below.
• If baking at 3,000 feet:
• Increase flour to 3⅓ cups plus 1 tablespoon. Omit baking powder. Increase baking soda to 2 teaspoons minus ⅛ teaspoon. Increase salt to 1 teaspoon. Decrease cinnamon to 1½ teaspoons. Decrease nutmeg to 1 teaspoon. Decrease allspice or mace to ¼ teaspoon. Decrease granulated sugar to 1⅓ cups. Decrease brown sugar to 1 cup. Increase to 6 large eggs. Replace orange juice with ¾ cup buttermilk. Place rack in lower third of oven; bake at 375°F for 55 to 57 minutes.
• If baking at 5,000 feet:
• Increase flour to 3⅓ cups plus 2 tablespoons. Omit baking powder. Increase baking soda to 1¾ teaspoons. Increase salt to 1 teaspoon. Decrease cinnamon to 1½ teaspoons. Decrease nutmeg to 1 teaspoon. Decrease allspice or mace to ¼ teaspoon. Decrease granulated sugar to 1⅓ cups. Decrease brown sugar to 1 cup. Increase to 6 large eggs. Replace orange juice with 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons buttermilk. Place rack in lower third of oven; bake at 375°F for 50 to 55 minutes.
• If baking at 7,000 feet:
• Increase flour to 3½. Omit baking powder. Increase baking soda to 1½ teaspoons. Increase salt to 1 teaspoon. Decrease cinnamon to 1½ teaspoons. Decrease nutmeg to 1 teaspoon. Decrease allspice or mace to ¼ teaspoon. Decrease granulated sugar to 1⅓ cups. Decrease brown sugar to 1 cup. Increase to 6 large eggs. Replace orange juice with 1 cup buttermilk. Place rack in lower third of oven; bake at 375°F for 65 to 70 minutes.
• If baking at 10,000 feet:
• Increase flour to 3½ plus 1 tablespoon. Omit baking powder. Increase baking soda to 1⅛ teaspoons. Increase salt to 1 teaspoon. Increase cinnamon to 2½ teaspoons. Increase nutmeg to 2 teaspoons. Increase ground ginger to 2 teaspoons. Decrease allspice or mace to 1 teaspoon. Decrease cloves to ¼ teaspoon. Decrease granulated sugar to 1¼ cups. Decrease brown sugar to 1 cup. Decrease oil to ¾ cup. Increase to 6 large eggs. Replace orange juice with 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons buttermilk. Place rack in lower third of oven; bake at 375°F for 60 to 63 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Coat 6-cup bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl combine flours, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In a large bowl combine butter and brown sugar and beat at medium speed until mixed well.
• Beat in pumpkin and egg.
• Reduce to low speed and beat in flour mixture.
• Blend in buttermilk and 2 teaspoons vanilla, just until moistened.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Cool the cake in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan and allow to cool completely on wire rack.
• For the glaze, combine confectioners' sugar, vanilla and orange juice in small bowl. Stir until well mixed.
• Drizzle over cooled cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 12 cup Bundt pan.
• Combine brown sugar and shortening in large bowl.
• Beat on low speed until creamy.
• Add the eggs one a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir in the pumpkin and water.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and the salt in a medium bowl.
• Add to the pumpkin mixture, beating at low speed until well blended.
• Beat for 2 minutes at medium speed.
• Fold in the 1/2 cup of walnuts and raisins.
• Spoon into the pan.
• Bake for 55-60 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
• Place cake on serving plate.
• For the glaze, combine the sugar, orange peel and orange juice.
• Stir with a spoon until well blended.
• Spoon over top of the cake, letting the excess glaze run down the sides of the cake.
• Sprinkle with additional nuts before the glaze hardens.