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Friday, May 30, 2014

Deceptively Healthy Dessert: Pumpkin Apple Spice Cake

Hello and welcome!

Today's Deceptively Healthy Dessert is a take off of my grandmother's classic Pumpkin Bread. (Don't tell my brother ;) )

The Recipe: (Makes one 1lb loaf cake)

  • 1 cup pumpkin
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup applesauce
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Salt
  • 2 tbsp cinnamon
The Process:
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
  2. Mix the pumpkin, egg, applesauce, and vegetable oil in a bowl.
  3. Add the sugar and honey and mix. 
  4. Add the flour and mix.
  5. Add the baking powder and cinnamon and mix. 
  6. Pour into greased pan. 
  7. Bake for about 1 hour. 
  8. Allow to cool for about 30 minutes. 
  9. Enjoy! 
The Calories:
Pumpkin- 80 calories
Egg- 70 calories
Applesauce- 50 calories
Sugar- 773 calories
Honey- 128 calories
Vegetable oil- 1927 calories
Flour- 796 calories
Baking Powder- 0 calories
Salt- 0 calories
Cinnamon- 38 calories
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TOTAL: 3889 calories

What went right
          It tastes wonderful and is very rich and filling! 

What went wrong:
          Entirely too addictive ;) 

What I would do next time: 
          Add cinnamon whipped cream or cinnamon ice cream. It would definitely add to it. Kirby also suggested putting the cake in the fridge near the end, which made it taste completely different but very good! 

Overall, a great cake warm or cold! 

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