posted by Marlen 11-12-100 4:40 PM
Pumpkin Spice Cake with Orange Sauce (pareve)
1/2 cup margarine, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
3/4 cup mashed cooked pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
Powdered sugar
Orange Sauce (see recipe below)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Beat margarine at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Stir in pumpkin and vanilla.
Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to sugar mixture, beating at low speed until blended after each addition. Pour into a greased and floured 9-inch round cake pan. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan, and cool on a wire rack.
Place a paper doily over cake; sift powdered sugar through a wire-mesh strainer over doily. Remove doily, and serve with Orange Sauce.
Makes 8 servings.
Orange Sauce:
1/3 cup light brown sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 1/2 cups orange juice
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Whisk together all ingredients in a heavy saucepan until blended. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, whisking constantly; boil, whisking constantly, 1 minute.
Serve warm or cool.
Makes 1 3/4 cups.
Source: SOUTHERN LIVING, n.d.