Pumpkin Cake

I could not resist but to grab one home whenever I saw fresh pumpkins. All of us love pumpkin, my boy too. He loves steamed pumpkin very much. Flipped through Fruity Cakes recipe book while steaming pumpkin for my boy's lunch. A beautiful pumpkin cake photo caught my attention, I just had to bake it! Regretted that I did not buy pumpkin seeds the other day.

The cake was (yes, "was"... it is finished! usually cakes will last forever in my fridge) soft and moist. Pineapple-cane sugar added fruity aroma to it. T bought almost the whole cake to his office and he said all gone when he wanted to have one. I kept few slices at home, they were gone in no time.

This recipe is adapted from Alex Goh's pumpkin cake recipe, Fruity Cakes recipe book. He did not mention pan size (for most of his recipes), I used a 7" x 7" square pan based on the amount of butter and flour the recipe called for. Sometimes I find it hard to guess what pan size I should use and to adjust the baking time accordingly. I sent him a sms yesterday, will he reply?

Ingredients (7" x 7"):
250g Unsalted Butter

180g Castor Sugar

3 Large Eggs

150g Steamed Pumpkin, mashed

300g Self-raising Flour

20g Corn Flour

60g Milk

150g Pumpkin, peeled and diced

Pinch of salt

Pumpkin slices, for topping (optional)

Pineapple-cane Sugar (optional)

Methods:

1. Preheat oven to 175ºC. Line and grease the baking pan.
2. Cream butter together with sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and cream until light and smooth or the colour turned pale.
3. Stir in mashed pumpkin and mix until well blended.
4. Sift together flours and salt, fold into the mixture alternate with milk. Mix until well combined then stir in diced pumpkin.
5. Transfer batter in to baking pan, arrange pumpkin slices on the surface and sprinkle with pineapple-cane sugar. You may also add some pumpkin seeds.
6. Bake for 50 to 60minutes or until it is cooked. Cool on rack.

Not sure what to do with leftover pumpkin? Check out my other pumpkin recipes:
Chilled Pumpkin Potage
Pumpkin Rice
Spicy Pumpkin Dip