Food processor or knife and cutting board, for pistachios
Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
1cupgranulated sugar
15ouncescanned pumpkin
1cuplight brown sugarpacked
1cupvegetable oil
4large eggsroom temperature
2teaspoonspure vanilla extract
Dry Ingredients
3cupsall purpose flour
1 1/2teaspoonsbaking powder
1 1/2Tablespoonsground cinnamon
1Tablespoonground ginger
1/2Tablespoonground nutmeg
1/2teaspoonsalt
Cream Cheese Mix
12ouncescream cheeseroom temperature
1egg + 1 egg yolk
1/2cupgranulated sugar
Glaze
2ouncescream cheesesoftened
3/4cuppowdered sugar
2-3Tablespoonsmilk
1/2cuppistachioschopped
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Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350º F. combine pumpkin, sugars, oil, vanilla, and eggs. Set this aside. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Pour the bowl of wet ingredients into the bowl of dry ingredients and fold the batter until it is fully incorporated. In a third bowl, mix cream cheese until it is smooth. Add sugar and cream together with the cream cheese. Add the egg and egg yolk and mix until everything is fully combined.
Spray bundt pan with non-stick spray. Pour half of the cake batter into the pan. Next pour all of the cream cheese mixture into the pan. Finally, pour the rest of the cake batter into the pan. Smooth the batter into an even layer. Bake for 55-65 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
While the cake is baking, mix together remaining cream cheese, powdered sugar, and milk to create a glaze. After the cake cools for 10-15 minutes, pour the glaze over the cake. Chopped pistachios and add to the top of your glazed cake to finish it.
Notes
If you are using a premade pumpkin spice blend instead, just use 3 Tablespoons total.
We are testing this recipe with butter instead of oil next, so stay tuned for updates.