A super moist butter cake that uses real pumpkin puree, pumpkin spices, buttermilk, and oil which helps it stay moist, even after a week in the fridge.
Frosted with cream cheese frosting and adorable marzipan candy pumpkins!
Its really the perfect centerpiece for the Holidays.
PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE:
18 ounces (510 g) All Purpose Flour
2 teaspoons (2 tsp) Baking Soda
2 teaspoons (1 tsp) Baking Powder
1 Tablespoon (2 tsp) Cinnamon
2 teaspoons (2 tsp) Cloves
2 teaspoons (2 tsp) Nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon (1/2 tsp) Ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons (1 tsp) Salt
8 large (8 Large) Eggs room temperature
14 ounces (396 g) Granulated Sugar
3 ounces (85 g) Light Brown Sugar
15 ounces (425 g) Pumpkin Puree
4 ounces (113 g) Vegetable Oil
1 Tablespoon (2 tsp ) Vanilla Extract
5 ounces (142 g) Buttermilk room temperature, or combine milk with 1 Tbsp of white vinegar and rest for 5 minutes.
6 ounces (170 g) Melted Butter
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
16 oz (453 g) cream cheese room temperature
8 oz (226 g) unsalted butter room temperature
1 tsp (1 tsp) vanilla extract
1/2 tsp (1/2 tsp) salt
32 oz (907 g) powdered sugar sifted
MARZIPAN PUMPKINS:
5 ounces (142 g) fine almond flour
6 ounces (170 g) powdered sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla or rose water
3 ounces (85 g) corn syrup
1 Tablespoon butter (optional for kneading)
electric yellow, leaf green, bright white, egg yellow, ivory, chocolate brown, electric orange, red, Americolor soft gel paste food color
optional buttercup, cut kiwi, lemon, almond and poppy petal dust.
