Holiday Pumpkin Cake with Rum-Cream Cheese Glaze
"This cake is a huge hit with my family during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. It's very moist and just melts in your mouth. It's a yummy alternative to traditional pumpkin pie. This cake is good as is, or sprinkled with powdered sugar. It is especially tasty with a good glaze drizzled on top. The glaze that my family likes best is made with cream cheese and a little bit of rum."
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 9 of 12 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Cream Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 99 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Rum | 1/2 oz (15ml) | 32 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Cake | not in our table | 0 |
| Pumpkin | not in our table | 0 |
| Pie | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups unsweetened canned pumpkin puree
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- Glaze:
- 1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon rum extract
- 1 tablespoon milk