BOURBON PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE – The Southern Woman Cooks

This Pumpkin Spice Cake is one you’ll want to make repeatedly. Should you love pumpkin that is the proper Fall cake!

Should you love this recipe, you may additionally wish to attempt our scrumptious Pumpkin Cobbler. It’s tremendous simple to make and great with ice cream.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS CAKE

This cake is made with a few of our favourite spices and then you definitely add pumpkin and it’s simply so good. The bourbon provides it a beautiful taste however we’ve made it with out the bourbon and it’s nonetheless scrumptious. This dessert is flexible and one your loved ones will love in the course of the Fall or for Thanksgiving or Christmas!

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

• all-purpose flour
• baking powder
• baking soda
• eggs
• sugar
• oil (I used Olive)
• vanilla flavoring
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• floor cloves
• allspice
• salt
• buttermilk
• 1/2 cup bourbon (Should you don’t use alcohol, you can simply soak your raisins in water)
• pumpkin
• raisins
• walnuts or pecans

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting

• butter 
• cream cheese
• confectionery sugar
• cinnamon
• ginger
• nutmeg
• pumpkin
• bourbon – elective
• milk

SWAPS

You should utilize pecans or walnuts on this cake or go away the nuts out altogether. You’ll be able to go away the raisins out in the event you life too. The bourbon is after all elective.

🍽️HOW TO MAKE

The toughest factor about this cake is organizing the components, so get all of these arrange after which you possibly can simply add as we go.

COOKING STEPS

Step 1
Pour the bourbon right into a small bowl and add the raisins. Put aside to let the raisins absorb the bourbon whereas mixing the opposite components. In a big mixing bowl combine the eggs, sugar, oil, and buttermilk.

Step 2
Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices, salt and vanilla and blend nicely. Combine within the 1 cup of pumpkin. The raisins in all probability received’t absorb your complete 1/2 cup of bourbon. Fold within the raisins, walnuts and what’s left of the bourbon into your batter.

Step 3
Pour right into a sprayed bundt pan and bake in preheated 350 diploma oven for 45 – 50 minutes. Let cake cool 20 to 25 minutes earlier than eradicating from pan. This cake is great with out frosting.

Step 4
Combine components along with mixer. Pour over cake. (Add extra milk for thinner frosting or extra sugar for thicker frosting till you attain the specified consistency)

⭐TIP

Should you plan to make use of the raisins on this cake undoubtedly soak them, it makes all of the distinction in how they plump up within the cake.

RECIPE VARIATIONS

Should you bake this cake in a 9 x 13 pan and you utilize the frosting above, you’ll in all probability must double the frosting recipe. When you have frosting left over, it’s great to warmth within the microwave and pour over the cake, too. I exploit Kentucky bourbon in my cake as a result of Kentucky has the very best!

❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

HOW TO STORE THIS CAKE

I simply retailer this cake in a cool place lined in a cake service or cake stand.

💕MORE POPULAR RECIPES TO ENJOY

Pumpkin Bread

This pumpkin bread is straightforward to make and makes a beautiful reward in the course of the vacation season.

SERVING SIZE

This cake will make 10-12 servings. Relying on the way you slice the cake.

Bourbon Pumpkin Spice Cake

This Bourbon and Pumpkin Spice Cake is a superb dessert. 

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook dinner Time 50 minutes minutes

Whole Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes minutes

Course Dessert

Delicacies American, southern

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup oil I used Olive
• 2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon floor cloves
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup bourbon Should you don’t use alcohol, I’ve listed two different truffles on the backside of this recipe you could be occupied with or you can simply soak your raisins in water
• 1 cup pumpkin
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup walnuts chopped

Pumpkin, Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1/2 stick or 4 tablespoons butter softened
• 4 ounces cream cheese softened
• 1 1/2 cups confectionery sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 cup pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon bourbon
• 2 tablespoons milk

• Pour the bourbon right into a small bowl and add the raisins. Put aside to let the raisins absorb the bourbon whereas mixing the opposite components. In a big mixing bowl combine the eggs, sugar, oil, buttermilk.

• Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices, salt and vanilla and blend nicely. Combine within the 1 cup of pumpkin. The raisins in all probability received’t absorb your complete 1/2 cup of bourbon. Fold within the raisins, walnuts and what’s left of the bourbon into your batter.

• Pour right into a sprayed bundt pan and bake in preheated 350 diploma oven for 45 – 50 minutes. Let cake cool 20 to 25 minutes earlier than eradicating from pan. This cake is great with out frosting.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting Directions

Should you bake this cake in a 9 x 13 pan and you utilize the frosting above, you’ll in all probability must double the frosting recipe. When you have frosting left over, it’s great to warmth within the microwave and pour over the cake, too. I exploit Kentucky bourbon in my cake as a result of Kentucky has the very best!

Key phrase Pumpkin Spice Cake

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