Ginger Pumpkin Cake Recipes

GINGER PUMPKIN CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg whites one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the pumpkin, corn syrup, molasses and orange zest until blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and salt; add to pumpkin mixture, beating on low speed just until moistened., Pour mixture into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream if desired.

PUMPKIN GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in pumpkin, molasses and orange zest (mixture will appear curdled)., In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt and chili pepper. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in pumpkin seeds., Pour batter into a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 28-32 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Serve with toppings as desired.

PUMPKIN GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• In a large mixing, combine sugar, oil and eggs; beat until smooth. Add water and beat until well blended. Stir in pumpkin, ginger, allspice cinnamon, and clove.
• In medium bowl, combine flour, soda, salt, and baking powder. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and blend just until all ingredients are mixed. Divide batter between prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven until toothpick comes out clean, about 1 hour.

PUMPKIN ANGEL FOOD CAKE WITH GINGER-CREAM FILLING

Steps:

• Move oven rack to lowest position; heat oven to 350°F. In extra-large glass or metal bowl, beat all cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 1 minute. Pour into ungreased 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan.
• Bake 37 to 47 minutes or until crust is dark golden brown and cracks are dry. Immediately turn pan upside down onto heatproof funnel or glass bottle. Let hang about 2 hours or until cake is completely cool. Loosen cake from side of pan with knife or long metal spatula. Turn cake upside down onto serving plate.
• In chilled large bowl, beat whipping cream and powdered sugar with electric mixer on high speed until stiff. Fold in ginger. Cut cake horizontally in half to make 2 even layers. Spread half of the filling on bottom layer; replace top of cake. Spread remaining filling on top of cake. Sprinkle with additional pumpkin pie spice if desired.

PUMPKIN GINGER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners. Whisk together the flour, pudding mix, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger, allspice, cloves, and crystallized ginger in a bowl; set aside.
• Beat the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in the vanilla and pumpkin puree with the last egg. Stir in the flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

PUMPKIN GINGER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• For the cake, in large bowl combine flour & sugar, then cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• Stir in pecans.
• Measure out 1 1/4 cups of crumb mixture, & press it evenly into the bottom of ungreased 9"x9" baking dish.
• To the remaining crumb mixture, add last 9 cake ingredients, & mix well.
• Pour evenly into crumb-lined baking dish, & bake 40-50 minutes or until toothpick in the middle comes out clean.
• For the caramel sauce, in medium saucepan, melt butter, then stir in sugar & syrup.
• Bring to boil, cooking & stirring constantly about 1 minute, or until sugar dissolves.
• Stir in whipping cream, & bring to boil again.
• Remove from heat, & let cool.
• Serve over warm ginger cake.

PUMPKIN GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 13x9 pan or two 9 inch round cake pans.
• Beat all ingredients in a large bowl on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Increase speed to medium and beat 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
• Pour into prepared pans. Bake 50-70 minutes until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes and then remove from pans.
• Cool completely before frosting.

GINGER YULE CAKE WITH PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE FILLING

Steps:

• For the pumpkin cheesecake filling: Make the filling ahead of time and chill while you are making your cake. Add the cream cheese to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the pumpkin, vanilla and pumpkin pie spice and beat on medium speed just until incorporated. Change the mixer speed to low and add the powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time until all the sugar is incorporated, then increase the mixer speed and beat for 2 more minutes. Fold in the pecans. Chill while you bake the cake. (See Cook's Note.)
• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Spray a 16-by-11-inch jelly roll/sheet pan with nonstick baking spray. Line the pan with parchment paper and spray again lightly with baking spray. Set aside.
• Whisk together the cake flour, cornstarch, ginger and salt in a large bowl.
• Put the eggs, egg yolks and 1/2 cup granulated sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium-high speed until pale in color and thickened, around 5 minutes. Add the vanilla extract and beat a few more seconds to combine.
• Sift the flour mixture over the egg and sugar mixture and gently fold with a spatula until combined.
• Add the egg whites and remaining tablespoon granulated sugar to a separate grease-free bowl and whip until stiff peaks form.
• Gently fold the whipped egg whites into the egg yolk mixture with a spatula. Remove 1/4 cup batter to each of 3 separate bowls and add a couple drops of orange food color to one, red to another and brown to the last. Stir just to incorporate.
• Brush an abstract pattern with the colorful batter onto the parchment. Freeze at least 10 minutes, and up to 30 minutes. Pour the remaining plain batter over the top of the design and smooth gently to even out. Bake until lightly golden brown and the cake pulls away from the edges, 6 to 7 minutes.
• Let the cake sit at room temperature for 5 minutes. Sift the entire surface with powdered sugar. Cover with a clean towel and use the bottom of a sheet pan to flip the cake out of pan onto the towel. Remove the pan and parchment paper. Cover the exposed top of the cake with a second clean kitchen towel and again use the bottom of a sheet pan to flip the cake back over. Remove the towel from the top of the cake and use the towel that is underneath the cake to help roll it into a tight roll, rolling short end to short end. Set aside to cool completely.
• Gently unroll the cake and spread the filling in an even layer over it. Roll the cake back up using the towel as a guide. Place on a sheet pan or your serving platter and refrigerate for 2 hours before slicing and serving.

GINGER PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter and flour two 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch (6-cup) loaf pans (see note, below); set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, ginger, and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together sugars, pumpkin, melted butter, and eggs; add flour mixture, and stir until just combined.
• Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of loaves comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes; invert pans and transfer loaves to a wire rack to cool completely. Glaze, if desired.

GINGER PUMPKIN PUDDING CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Using a pastry brush, butter the interiors of six mini Bundt pans. Set aside.
• Place fresh ginger and 3/4 cup hot water in small saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer until reduced to 1/2 cup, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat; strain into a bowl; discard ginger. Add molasses and baking soda to liquid. Set aside.
• Sift together flour, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon, ground cloves, and baking powder. Set the mixture aside.
• In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and set on medium-high speed, beat remaining 4 tablespoons butter and brown sugar together until light and creamy, about 5 minutes. Add egg, and beat until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Reduce to low speed, and add pumpkin purée, mixing until just incorporated. Alternately add one quarter of dry ingredients and one third of molasses mixture, ending with dry ingredients. Mix on low speed, scraping bowl after each addition, until incorporated. Transfer mixture to Bundt pans, filling halfway. Bake, uncovered, until golden brown and firm to the touch, about 20 minutes.
• Invert Bundt pans onto a sheet pan; tap firmly several times on hard back surface of Bundt pans to release cakes.
• Serve the pumpkin pudding cakes with whipped cream and garnish with candied ginger and fresh mint, if desired.

SQUIDGY PUMPKIN & GINGER LOAF

Steps:

• Put the pumpkin or squash in a microwave- proof bowl with a dribble of water. Cover with cling film, pierce with a couple of holes and cook in a microwave on High for 5-10 mins, or until the pumpkin is soft and mashable. Drain off the water and mash until smooth. Put the treacle, syrup, sugar and milk in a pan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease and line a 900g loaf tin with a strip of baking parchment. Sift the flour, bicarb, spices and a pinch of salt into a bowl together. Tip in the diced butter and rub with your fingertips until no big lumps remain.
• Whisk the mash and the egg into the lukewarm syrupy mixture, then stir everything into the dry ingredients. Pour the batter into the prepared tin, scatter with most of the crystallised ginger and bake for 45 mins until a skewer poked into the centre comes out with just moist crumbs attached. Scatter over the remaining sliced ginger to stick, then cool in the tin. This cake tastes delicious once thoroughly cooled and sliced, but even better if wrapped in parchment and foil, and left for a couple of days to mature. Perfect with a cuppa, smeared with some butter.