Pumpkin and Rum Raisin Cake

Name: Pumpkin and Rum Raisin Cake
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 16 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup seedless raisin; 1/4 cup rum (amber or dark, or apple juice); 1/4 cup warm water; 4 eggs; 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed; 1/2 cup canola oil; 2 cups pumpkin puree; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup pecans, chopped; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2 cups icing sugar

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"MMMMMM Such a delicious cake - I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!!"

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photo by LucyS-D

Ready In:: 55mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 16

ingredients

1 cup seedless raisin
¹⁄₄ cup rum (amber or dark, or apple juice)
¹⁄₄ cup warm water
4 eggs
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
¹⁄₂ cup canola oil
2 cups pumpkin puree
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¹⁄₂ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ cup pecans, chopped
GLAZE
Raisin soakng liquid
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups icing sugar

directions

Turn oven to 350°F Soak raisins in rum, or apple juice while preparing rest of batter. Grease a Bundt cake pan. Set aside. Using a mixer, beat the eggs, sugar and oil until frothy. Blend in pumpkin purée until smooth. Set aside.
In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, spices and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just combined. Strain the soaked raisins, reserving the liquid. Mix the raisins and pecans into the cake batter.
Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Bake in the center of oven until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then gently remove it from the pan and cool to room temperature.
Meanwhile in a small mixing bowl, combine 3 tablespoons reserved raisin-soaking liquid and vanilla; add icing sugar and blend into a smooth glaze. If needed smooth glaze with more raisin liquid, adding 1/4 teaspoons at a time. Pour or brush the glaze over the cake two or three times,allowing each layer to set before adding the next.

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Reviews

this was okay the flavor was nice but it was very dense.

Laureen in B.C.
This made a delicious, moist cake. I did make it into individual bundt cakes.

LucyS-D

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Chef mariajane

I am a 56 year old Gramma that, for the first time in my life, has purchase myself a computer, and I didn't know what i was missing!! I have a husband tha I adore, and 4 grandchildren that of course surpass all others - lol - I am disabled, and am an at home person, so I have a lot of time on my hands, to play with my recipes, and I am enjoying every bit of it - My husband will eat anything that I cook, so I have carte blanche as far as that goes, so I have a great time trying out new recipes. Paula Deen has published some of my favorite cookbooks, her recipes are easy and quick to do. Her sweets are fantastics, especially her pound cakes, Yummm I guess the dish that I am famous for is my Christmas ham - my family all comes home for Christmas, and if i don't have my ham they are dissapointed, and my grandson wants the pistachio squares!!! so I guess that is the dishes that I'm famous for.

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