Thanksgiving Recipes
Pumpkin Angel Food Cake
with Ginger-Cream Filling
Angel food cake mixes with pumpkin for a new flavor twist. Layers of whipped cream make it a dreamy dessert.
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box Betty Crocker white angel food cake mix
- 1 tablespoon Gold Medal all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 3/4 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 1 cup cold water
Ginger-Cream Filling
- 1 pint (2 cups) whipping cream
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped crystallized ginger
Instructions
- Move oven rack to lowest position; heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cake
- In an extra-large glass or metal bowl, beat all cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds.
- Beat on medium speed for 1 minute.
- Pour into an ungreased 10 inch angel food (tube) cake pan.
- Bake for 37 to 47 minutes or until crust is dark golden brown and cracks are dry.
- Immediately turn pan upside down onto heatproof funnel or glass bottle. Let hang about 2 hours or until cake is completely cool.
- Loosen cake from side of pan with knife or long metal spatula.
- Turn cake upside down onto serving plate.
Ginger-Cream Filling
- In a chilled large bowl, beat whipping cream and powdered sugar with electric mixer on high speed until stiff.
- Fold in ginger.
- Cut cake horizontally in half to make 2 even layers.
- Spread half of the filling on bottom layer; replace top of cake.
- Spread remaining filling on top of cake.
- Sprinkle with additional pumpkin pie spice if desired.
Notes
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Bake for 47 to 52 minutes.
Nutrition
Per serving: Calories 270 (Calories from Fat 110); Total Fat 13g (Saturated Fat 8g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 45mg; Sodium 270mg; Total Carbohydrate 36g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 27g); Protein 4g
Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 60%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 8%; Iron 2%
Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 2 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2 1/2
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
Betty Crocker Kitchens