Pumpkin Spice Bundt Cake with Orange Buttercream Filling and Cinnamon Icing

Pumpkin Spice Bundt Cake  recipe from the late, great  magazine 'Gourmet' (2005). 
(click link to access the recipe)






With a few of my own changes.
I seem to always be tweaking recipes. :)





The recipe was originally written for a regular bundt pan, I opted to make in Nordic Ware's  'Great Pumpkin Pan'. * 





I adapted it by adding an orange buttercream filling between layers ~ 







And I made a Cinnamon Icing instead of the Buttermilk drizzle as called for in the original recipe.



I used some grape leaves from our vines for decorations to simulate pumpkin leaves.






The only other change I would strongly suggest is to make the cakes one or two days ahead, wrap them tightly so they remain moist, then decorate the day you plan to serve it.








The one or two day aging makes all the difference ~ allowing the spices to mellow out and the cake to become more flavorful and a little more dense and moist in texture.






I also doubled the amount of spices indicated in the recipe after reading reviews on epicurious.com.

 



The very last of the roses are fading from the garden this year ~ so I could not resist garnishing the plates with one of my favorites ~  this one is "Gift of Life"

I know that traditional wisdom dictates that any garnishes on the plate should be edible, and
since we are organic gardeners (and we don't use chemical sprays.)  You could eat this rose if you had a mind to ~ And we do... Many times I'll sprinkle some pretty rose petals over salads... and also make Rose Petal Jam from our roses.

Changes I made to the recipe:


Orange Buttercream:  


For the filling between the layers, I added 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest and a couple of drops of pure orange extract to vanilla buttercream icing (use your favorite recipe.)


Cinnamon Icing:


1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
milk, half & half, or cream

Add milk or cream 1 teaspoon at a time until desired consistency is reached
drizzle over cool cake.

If you are interested in the Nordic Ware Great Pumpkin Pan:

(Proudly made in the U.S.A.)

      Similar recipe that may be of interest:   Pumpkin Spice Cakelettes with Brown Sugar Icing  Click to link.   Thank you for stopping by today, friends.   I hope you'll go to Michael's "Designs by Gollum" to find links to everyone who is participating in Foodie Friday ~ And Michael is having a fabulous giveaway, too! Have a wonderful weekend!