3 glazed lets Recipes

butter, melted, plus more for preparing pans, flour, plus more for preparing pans, baking powder, ground ginger or 1 tsp fresh grated, salt, sugar, brown sugar , packed, canned pumpkin (15 oz) or 2 cups fresh , pureed pumpkin, eggs, makes two loaves, glaze : once cool, if desired. combine 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar with 2-3 tbsp water, 2 tsp maple syrup in a liquid measuring cup. stir until the is smooth and thick, with no lumps. add 2/3 cup pecans. drizzle over the loaves and let set

key lime-glazed cream cheese lb cake, serves 12 servings; 1 large cake or 6 small loaves, butter, softened, cream cheese, softened, sugar, eggs, cake flour , sifted twice, salt, vanilla extract, almond extract, preheat the oven to 325 degrees. grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan., beat the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until well combined. add the sugar. mix for 7 minutes, until fluffy. add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each until blended. gradually add the flour, beating after each addition, until all is added and combined. add the salt, vanilla, and almond extract. mix again., pour into the prepared pan. hit the pan gently on the counter about five times to help settle the batter and remove any air pockets. bake for about 11/2 hours. the cake is done when it pulls away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted comes out clean., make in mini loaf pans , you can get 6 loaves from 1 recipe. pour a little over 1 cup of batter into each prepared pan. cook for about 1 hour if in the loaf pans., oven and let cool in the pan for about 15 minutes. invert the cake onto a wire rack and let cool completely before putting it on a cake plate or wrapping in aluminum foil for delivery.