Pumpkin Poundcake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Scrumptious, moist, and oh, so pumpkiny!
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 16 slices
Calories 391 kcal
Pumpkin Pound Cake
- 1 cup butter room temp
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs large
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1 pint pumpkin puree OR a 15 oz can
- 3 cups unbleached flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz homemade cream cheese
- 4 tsp honey
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)
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Cake
Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs one at a time, beating after each one. Beat on high 2 ½ minutes.
Add vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves and mix.
Add pumpkin and beat on high for 2 minutes. While that is beating, sift dry ingredients.
Add the dry ingredients a little at a time until incorporated.
Add the buttermilk and mix. When that has been mixed in, beat on high 3 ½ minutes.
Butter and flour a Bundt pan.
Spoon the batter into the prepared pan (batter will be quite thick). Smooth the top.
Bake at 325°F for 1 hour and 10 minutes. While cake is baking, prepare frosting. It will need to be chilled.
After an hour and 10 minutes, test with a toothpick. If the pick comes out clean, remove the cake from the oven and turn it out onto a cooling rack.
Let the cake cool before frosting. It doesn’t have to be cold, just not still warm enough to melt the icing.
Frosting
In a mixer with a whisk attachment, cream cheese until fluffy.
Add honey a little at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl frequently.
Add the cloves, the cinnamon, and the vanilla and mix well.
Cover tightly and refrigerate until ready to frost.
Calories: 391kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 6gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 87mgSodium: 289mgPotassium: 147mgFiber: 2gSugar: 28gVitamin A: 5217IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 53mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cream cheese frosting, pumpkin pouncake