Pumpkin Pound Cake
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice* 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups sugar 1 1/2 cups utter, softened 6 eggs 3/4 cup canned pumpkin 3/4 cup milk
Glaze
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 3 tablespoons Butter, softened 4 to 6 teaspoons milk
Heat oven to 350°F. Combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Set aside.
Combine sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Continue beating, adding eggs one at a time, until well mixed. Add pumpkin; continue beating until well mixed. Reduce speed to low. Beat, gradually adding flour mixture alternately with 3/4 cup milk, until well mixed.
Spoon batter into greased and floured 12-cup Bundt pan. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.
Combine powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons butter and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in small bowl. Glaze cooled cake.
Substitute 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger and 1/8 teaspoon each ground nutmeg and cloves. |