Pumpkin Spice Bake

Today I made these delicious pumpkin spice cupcakes and pumpkin cake for autumn/halloween time. The bake looks so autumnal and the pumpkin flavour is really tasty, especially in the cake, as it's lovely and moist. I made mine using gluten free flour instead, but you can just use ordinary flour if you'd prefer. Also, for the cooked pureed pumpkin, as it's not the most common item, in the UK, Waitrose sell 'Libby's Pumpkin Puree' and that's what I used. So here's how to make everything;

For the cupcakes...
Ingredients: 140g gluten free plain flour, 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp ground ginger, 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tbsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 55g butter, 100g caster sugar, 2.5 tbsp brown soft sugar, 1 egg, 90ml milk, 125g cooked pureed pumpkin, Betty Crocker Vanilla Icing, Orange sprinkles.

Preheat the oven to 190 degrees. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, milk and pumpkin puree and mix together. Combine the flour, spices, salt and baking powders in a separate bowl before adding into the main mixture. Finally divide the cake mixture into 12 cupcake cases and bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown in colour. Once they have cooled, pipe on the icing (or just dollop it on like I did)  and add little orange sprinkles. Enjoy x

For the Cake...
Ingredients: 3 large eggs, 240g light brown sugar, 120ml olive oil, one 15oz can of pumpkin puree,
2 tsp vanilla extract, 300g gluten free flour, 1tsp bicarbonate of soda, 1tsp baking powder, 2 tsp ground cinnamon, 1tsp ground nutmeg, 1tsp ground ginger, 1/2 tsp salt.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Beat the eggs in a large bowl, add the brown sugar and beat until smooth. Then add the pumpkin, oil and vanilla extract and mix together. In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients, and a little at a time, incorporate it into the main cake mixture. Pour the cake mixture into a prepared baking tin. Bake for 35 minutes or until the cake is firm and a knife comes out clean. Enjoy x