Shelly's Recipe

PUMPKIN CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE GLAZE

Category: Cakes

Cake:
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup egg substitute
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin
3 cups sifted cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
Cooking spray

Glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup (4 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 tbsp fresh orange juice

Garnish:
Fresh orange sections (optional)

Preheat oven to 350.

To prepare cake, place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes). Add egg substitute, 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1 tsp vanilla and pumpkin.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine the flour and next 6 ingredients (flour through nutmeg), stirring well with a whisk. Fold flour mixture into pumpkin mixture.

Spoon batter into a 10-inch tube pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack. Remove from pan; place on wire rack.

To prepare glaze, place powdered sugar and cream cheese in a bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Beat in 1/2 tsp vanilla. Add orange juice, 1 tbsp at a time, beating well after each addition. Drizzle warm cake with glaze. Cool completely on wire rack. Garnish with orange sections, if desired.