Pumpkin Cake Recipe

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Pumpkin Cake
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Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 oz banana cake mix
  • 2 tbsp butter (or margarine)
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1/2 cup light cream
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup pecans (chopped (optional)
  • 3/4 cup butter (or margarine)
  • 3/4 cup shortening
  • 6 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2 cups red yellow & green food coloring

Directions:

  1. Bake in TWO 12 cup fluted tub pan.
  2. FILLING: Melt butter in a sauce pan. Stir in flour to form a smooth paste. Gradually add cream and sugar, stirring constantly until thick. Boil 1 minute then remove from heat. Stir in the vanilla and salt (optional) Fold in pecans and let cool. Cut thin slice off the bottom of each cake. Spread one cake bottom with filling; put cakes together with bottoms together. set aside.
  3. FROSTING: In a mixing bowl, cream butter and shortening. Beat in sugar and vanilla. Add milk until desired consistency is reached. Combine red and yellow food coloring to make orange; tint about 3/4's of the frosting orange. Tint remaining frosting green.
  4. ASSEMBLY: Place a small glass upside down in the center of the cake to support the stem . Put a dollop of frosting on the glass and top with an ice cream cone or banana. Cut the cone or banana to the correct length; frost with green frosting. Frost cake with orange frosting.
  5. SOURCE: TASTE OF HOME Magazine; October/November 1994 issue.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 491.75 Kcal (2059 kJ)
Calories from fat 187.13 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20.79g 32%
Cholesterol 22.46mg 7%
Sodium 94.92mg 4%
Potassium 51.06mg 1%
Total Carbs 78.47g 26%
Sugars 74.87g 299%
Dietary Fiber 0.67g 3%
Protein 1.05g 2%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 0.3mg 2%
Calcium 13.1mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 441.2 Kcal (1847 kJ)
Calories from fat 167.89 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.65g 32%
Cholesterol 20.15mg 7%
Sodium 85.16mg 4%
Potassium 45.81mg 1%
Total Carbs 70.41g 26%
Sugars 67.17g 299%
Dietary Fiber 0.6g 3%
Protein 0.94g 2%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 0.3mg 2%
Calcium 11.8mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 11.4
    Points
  • 14
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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