Pumpkin Pecan Cake

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Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Categories:

Dessert

Yield:

20 servings

Ingredients:

Butter-flavored cooking spray

1/4 C. chopped pecans
3 1/3 C. flour
2 T. pumpkin pie spice
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 C. vegetable oil spread (7g fat per tablespoon), softened
1/2 C. fat-free sour cream
1 C. sugar
1 C. packed brown sugar
1 C. egg substitute
1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin
2 tsp. vanilla butter and nut flavoring

Glaze:
2 T. vegetable oil spread (7g fat per tablespoon)
1/2 C. sugar
1 T. water
1 tsp. rum extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 12-cup bundt pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle pecans in pan. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt. In a smaller bowl, combine vegetable oil spread, sour cream, sugars, egg substitute, pumpkin, and vanilla butter and nut flavoring. Add pumpkin mixture to dry ingredients. Mix well. Pour batter into pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes. For glaze, melt vegetable oil spread in a saucepan. Stir in sugar and water. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in rum extract. While still in pan, make holes in cake with a long cake tester. Pour half of the glaze over cake and let stand 5 minutes. Invert cake onto plate. Pour remaining glaze over cake.

Nutrition Facts:

227 calories, 45g carbohydrate, 4g protein, 3.3g fat, 0.6g saturated fat, 0mg cholesterol, 1.3g dietary fiber, 314mg sodium

Source:

Adapted recipe by Grace Bandeh, RD, LD