There's no rest for the weary around here! Most people have a moment to catch their breath between Halloween festivities and gearing up for the Thanksgiving/Christmas rush, but not us. We have one little boy's birthday the first weekend of November and the other little boy's birthday the second week of November, so we've been in serious celebration mode for a while now. It's a bit crazy, but it's fun.
We had a big family dinner this weekend celebrating both birthdays (2 and 5, and could they get any cuter?? NO!). The 5 year old and I made the birthday cake together Saturday morning. His choice this year: pumpkin cake. Mmmmm. (His little brother, when asked his cake preference, answered "Cake." What kind of cake? "Cake." Ok. He's easy to please). This was the first time we tried this recipe, which I tore out of the Everyday Food magazine a couple years ago, and it is the perfect fall birthday cake.
Pumpkin Spice Cake
2 sticks of unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour (Note: my friend Lisa, who is an amazing cook, swears by King Arthur flour for all baking. It's now on my grocery list.)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon allspice
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, room temperature
1 15 ounce can pumpkin puree
Your favorite frosting
Preheat oven to 350 degrees; grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans. Sift together flour, spices, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a mixer, beat together sugar and butter until light and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in pumpkin puree. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture and mix until just combined.
Divide batter between your prepared cake pans. Bake 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes in pans, then cool on wire racks. Frost them with your frosting of choice, and enjoy!
We served with dulce de leche ice cream...YUM.
Happy Birthday boys - Mommy loves you.
