PUMPKIN APPLE GINGERBREAD

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Categories     Apple     Fruit     Cake     Christmas     Winter     Dessert     Bake

Number Of Ingredients 14

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
4 eggs
1 3/4 cups (16-oz can) solid pack pumpkin
1/2 cup molasses
1 large pippin or Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and shredded (approximately 1 cup)
1 recipe Hard Sauce

Steps:

  • In medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, ginger, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice.
  • Cream butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, two at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pumpkin, molasses and apple; beat well. Add flour mixture; mix until well blended.
  • Spoon batter into well-greased and floured 12-cup bundt pan.
  • Bake in preheated 350°F oven for 1 hour or until wooden pick comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 15 minutes; remove from pan. Dust with powdered sugar before serving warm with Hard Sauce.
  • FOR HARD SAUCE: Beat 1 cup softened butter, 4 cups sifted powdered sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract in small mixer bowl until smooth.
  • *Note: Recipe may also be made in two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans or one 13x9x2-inch pan. Bake in preheated 350°F oven for 40 to 45 minutes.

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