As the days get cooler and all the cinnamon spice is being pumped through the air at every shop, I have a hankering for pumpkin bread. After reading bunches of recipes online I became fascinated by the “olive oil” cake concept so I merged a few recipes to create this Pumpkin Olive Oil Cake. Let me tell you, it is GOOD. Like really, really good. Super moist and not too pumpkin-y (almost more like a spice cake) and not too sweet. Seriously it’s so easy and tastes so yummy you won’t believe it didn’t come from a fancy bakery. Best served with coffee, tea and a friend.
Recipe for Pumpkin Olive Oil Cake
Pumpkin Olive Oil Cake w/ Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
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Equipment
- mixer (hand or stand)
- 8 inch cake pan
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup organic pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice OR 2 T. cinnamon, 1/2 t ground nutmeg, 1/2 t ground ginger, 1/8 t ground cloves
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/4 cup butter (room temp)
- 4 oz full fat cream cheese (room temp)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3/4 tspn cinnamon
- 1/2 tspn vanilla extract
- 1/4 tspn salt
Instructions
- pre heat oven to 350Grease an 8 inch cake pan and set aside.in a bowl combine dry ingredient. stir together: flour, spices, baking powder and soda, salt. wisk until combined.
- in a second bowl combine wet ingredients. add: olive oil, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla. wisk until combined. then add eggs one at a time, mixing in between each one.
- combine dry ingredients and wet, mix until combined — don't over mix.
- pour batter into greased cake pan. bake at 350 for 40 min. take our of oven and let rest in the pan for 5-10 min. Then invert the pan onto a plate to pop the cake out. Alternatively you could bake the cake in a lasagna pan, let it completely cool, frost in the pan and sere like brownies.
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- in your stand mixer (or a bowl with a hand mixer), beat the butter and cream cheese until combined and fluffy.
- mix in vanilla and salt
- add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time until fully incorporated
- add cinnamon and mix well
- frost your cake!
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I had a piece of the olive oil cake (thanks Megan!) and it was absolutely delicious! I will definitely will be making this!
So glad you like it. You’ll be surprised how easy it easy!!