Pumpkin Apple Harvest Cake Recipes

PUMPKIN APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350.
• Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
• Cream butter in an elec mixer then beat in sugar until the mixture is pale yellow.
• Add the eggs one at a time.
• Stir in apples (I use Golden Delicious) and vanilla.
• Add pumpkin and mix, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
• Add the orange peel if you like, it's optional.
• Blend in the dry ingredients a bit at a time until well mixed, add peel if you choose.
• grease and flour a 9" bundt pan or two loaf pans; cook cake for 55/60 minutes or loaves for 45/50 minutes (check with cake tester at 45 minutes).
• Cool in pan for about 10 minutes, loosen and turn out on board to cool completely.
• Dust with confectioner's sugar when completely cool.

HARVEST PUMPKIN APPLE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour two 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
• Combine sugar, pumpkin, eggs, vegetable oil and apple juice in large mixer bowl; beat until just blended.
• Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moistened.
• Fold in apples.
• Spoon batter into prepared loaf pans.
• Bake for 65 to 70 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• To make using three 8 X 4-inch loaf pans: Prepare as above and bake for 60 to 65 minutes.
• To make using five or six 5 X 3-inch mini-loaf pans: Prepare as above and bake for 55 to 60 minutes.

PUMPKIN APPLE HARVEST CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Prepare an 8-inch round cake pan by greasing and flouring it.
• Combine pumpkin, eggs and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add flour, cinnamon, baking powder, ginger and salt, stirring to combine. Add apples and nuts, stirring again. Pour mixture into prepared pan.
• Bake 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool the cake, still in the pan, on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert cake onto the rack, remove pan and let cool completely.