PUMPKIN AND RUM RAISIN CAKE

Pumpkin and Rum Raisin Cake image

Provided by Chef mariajane

Categories Dessert

Time 55m

Yield 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

1 cup seedless raisin
1/4 cup rum (amber or dark, or apple juice)
1/4 cup warm water
4 eggs
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup canola oil
2 cups pumpkin puree
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups icing sugar

Steps:

Turn oven to 350°F Soak raisins in rum, or apple juice while preparing rest of batter. Grease a Bundt cake pan. Set aside. Using a mixer, beat the eggs, sugar and oil until frothy. Blend in pumpkin purée until smooth. Set aside.
In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, spices and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just combined. Strain the soaked raisins, reserving the liquid. Mix the raisins and pecans into the cake batter.
Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Bake in the center of oven until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then gently remove it from the pan and cool to room temperature.
Meanwhile in a small mixing bowl, combine 3 tablespoons reserved raisin-soaking liquid and vanilla; add icing sugar and blend into a smooth glaze. If needed smooth glaze with more raisin liquid, adding 1/4 teaspoons at a time. Pour or brush the glaze over the cake two or three times,allowing each layer to set before adding the next.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 338.5, Fat 10.8, SaturatedFat 1.2, Cholesterol 46.5, Sodium 164.5, Carbohydrate 55.4, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 33.9, Protein 4.8