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Pumpkin Pound Cake with Walnut Sauce

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By Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Jul 28, 2011
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Looking for a delicious dessert using pumpkin? Then check out this great pound cake topped with yummy walnut sauce - perfect to treat a crowd.

Pumpkin Pound Cake with Walnut Sauce

  • Prep Time 30 min
  • Total 2 hr 55 min
  • Ingredients 18
  • Servings 16
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Ingredients

Cake

  • 2 3/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 6 eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose or unbleached flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)

Sauce

  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup dark corn syrup
  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • Dash salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease 12-cup fluted tube (bundt cake) pan with shortening; lightly flour. In large bowl, beat granulated sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter until light and fluffy. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat in 1 egg at a time until well blended. In small bowl, mix flour, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, the cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Alternately add dry ingredients and pumpkin to butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Pour batter into pan.
  • Step 
    2
    Bake 60 to 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes; invert onto serving plate. Cool completely.
  • Step 
    3
    In medium saucepan, heat brown sugar, whipping cream, corn syrup, 2 tablespoons butter and dash salt to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low; simmer 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and the walnuts. Serve warm sauce over cake. Refrigerate any remaining sauce.

Nutrition

540 Calories
26g Total Fat
6g Protein
72g Total Carbohydrate
51g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
540
Calories from Fat
230
Total Fat
26g
39%
Saturated Fat
14g
71%
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
135mg
46%
Sodium
270mg
11%
Potassium
160mg
5%
Total Carbohydrate
72g
24%
Dietary Fiber
1g
6%
Sugars
51g
Protein
6g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
60%
60%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
6%
6%
Iron
10%
10%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 5 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
5
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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