Late Friday afternoon, I tried out a new recipe I had been anxious to taste. Pumpkin Spice Cake from recipezaar.com had been hanging around for quite awhile just begging to be tried. The smell in the house while it was baking was incredible! Actually what it did was drive Sarah & myself crazy as we couldn’t wait for it to get out of the oven. Our mouths were watering overtime smelling this cake.
Pumpkin Cake Cooling
Barely had time to get it out of the pans before we rushed off to meet KaraLea, a partner in crime of mine. (We’re working together on a new business venture.) We met her & her Sara at Amigo’s. If you’re not familiar with them, it’s a Mexican restaurant. Having been driven to the edge by the aroma of the pumpkin cake, my Sarah & I were guilty of eating way too many chips & dip while waiting for our food. If you frequent Amigo & haven’t tried their Amigo salad, I heartily recommend it. Doesn’t matter if you get the chicken, steak or shrimp, it is sooooo good. If you can afford the bucks & the calories, go for the steak & shrimp.
We had a most enjoyable time. Also turned out to be a good thing that my Sarah came with me. KaraLea had not had time to look at the pictures. I emailed her of a potential building. Sarah just happened to have her camera with her & that was the camera that was used to take the pictures. Da dah! Don’t you just love it when your children turn out to be helpful on something?!
I covered the cake layers when we got home as I was too tired to think about icing the cake. Glad I didn’t. Overnight, my brain did some perculating & I remembered reading about a cinnamon icing that went with another cake I’m wanting to try. Cha-ching! Wouldn’t that be wonderful with pumpkin cake! Yes, we have a winner. So I made my ususal buttercream icing, but only used half as much vanilla as usual. Added @ ½ teaspoonful of cinnamon & @ â…›teaspoonful of nutmeg to the icing mix. Taste test by Jim, Sarah & me confirmed this was a wonderful idea.
Pumpkin Cake with Cinnamon Icing
Did a fast crumb coat on the cake. Debated how I wanted to decorate the cake. Just didn’t feel like going to a lot of trouble. Ok, maybe Jim getting back from out of town had just a smidgen to do with that. Cut me some slack. We’re still very new newlyweds. So all the cake got was a simple dot around the top & the bottom. Worked for me. The cake tastes just as awesome as it smelled. The spiced icing complements it nicely. We have a winner! Time to enter it into the recipe file for Sugary Creations.
Tags: buttercream icing, cake, cinnamon icing, pumpkin cake, pumpkin spice cake, restaurant, Sugary Creations
Never would have thought of a pumpkin cake.