Pumpkin Pound Cake with Buttermilk Glaze

I gotta say this is a pretty darned good cake.  Only two problems: I could taste a bit too much baking powder, so I will try using a smidge less next time.  And the glaze was a bit wierd, so I will try either just sprinkling with powdered sugar or making a powdered sugar glaze next time.  It came out beautifully though, and the kids gobbled their slices up.  So it's definitely a keeper!  Oh, and I don't have a tube pan so I used a bundt pan.  I baked it at 350 for 45 minutes...it was near perfect, I might do a couple minutes longer next time!

Pumpkin Pound Cake with Buttermilk Glaze


Drain the canned pumpkin before making the cake batter to keep the cake's texture light.

Yield: 16 servings (serving size: 1 slice)

Cake:

Cooking spray

1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar

1/2 cup butter, softened

4 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 cups all-purpose flour (about 13 1/2 ounces)

1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup fat-free buttermilk

Glaze:

1/3 cup fat-free buttermilk

1/4 cup granulated sugar

2 tablespoons butter

2 teaspoons cornstarch

1/8 teaspoon baking soda

Preheat oven to 350°.

To prepare the cake, lightly coat a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray; dust with 1 tablespoon flour. Spread pumpkin over 2 layers of paper towels; cover with 2 additional layers of paper towels. Let stand about 10 minutes. Scrape drained pumpkin into a bowl.

Place 3/4 cup granulated sugar, brown sugar, and 1/2 cup butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed 3 minutes or until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in pumpkin and vanilla. Lightly spoon 3 cups flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients (through salt) in a bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture and 3/4 cup buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack. Remove from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.

To prepare glaze, combine 1/3 cup buttermilk and remaining ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute or until thick, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Drizzle cake with glaze.