Pumpkin Grinder Cake Recipe (or anything “pumpkin spice” works nice)
Pumpkin spice, ANYTHING & EVERYTHING, will be here, at coffee places, convenience stores, and even at breweries this year. I used to despise pumpkin spice in just about everything. Pumpkin pie, was my least favorite item at the Thanksgiving dinner table. My mind has changed since then and so have my tastes. My mother, every year, makes a cake from Mankato Brewery’s award winning Pumpkin Grinder. This cake changed my perspective of fall’s pumpkin spice craze. Hopefully this recipe will help you convert a few pumpkin spice-skeptics too.
Supplies
Tube pan
Mixing bowl
Mixer (or whisk)
Tooth picks
Ingredients
Cake
1 package of spice cake mix
1 cup canned pumpkin
½ cup canola oil
1 package of vanilla pudding small
3 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup of water
½ cup chopped pecans
Frosting
1 can cream cheese frosting mix (only use half)
1 bottle Pumpkin Grinder or any pumpkin spice item (use ½ cup to 1 cup)
Directions
Combine all ingredients except pecans and frosting items. Mix on a medium speed for 2 minutes. (or whisk briefly attempting to aerate batter) Fold in pecans. Pour into a greased and floured bundt pan. (tube pan) Bake at 325 degrees for approximately 55 to 60 minutes or until toothpick, when inserted into the center, comes out clean. Let cool for 15 minutes, invert on plate. Poke all over with a fork. Take ½ cup of Pumpkin Grinder (or any other pumpkin spice flavored beverage) and by teaspoonfuls gently drizzle over cake until all is absorbed. Cool an additional hour then warm cream cheese frosting mix in microwave for 20 to 25 seconds. Stir till smooth and pour evenly over cake. Garnish with a few pecans.
Thanks mom!
Note:
I have a dietary restriction against diary so I skip the cream cheese frosting and use 3 tablespoons of sugar, a pinch of cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg, and a little ginger dissolved in the other half cup of beer. (1 cup of beer used total) I then drizzle the solution slowly over the holes we poked earlier. This is why there is no white frosting on top of the cake in the featured image.
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