Pumpkin Pound Cakes with Maple Glaze

Pumpkin Pound Cakes with Maple Glaze

Ingredients

• 1 Cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 1/2 Cups sugar
• 6 Large eggs
• 3 Cups sifted cake flour, such as Swans Down
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 2 Cups canned Pumpkin puree
• 2 Teaspoons Vanilla extract
• Maple Glaze Recipe

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350. Spray desired loaf pans with nonstick baking spray with flour. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed with a electric mixer until fluffy, approx. 4 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. In another medium bowl, stir together pumpkin and vanilla until combined. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in thirds, alternating with pumpkin mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at medium speed until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center come out clean., 30 to 40 minutes for mini loaves, and about 1 hour for large loaves.
• Let cool slightly on a wire rack. Drizzle with Maple Glaze over warm loaves.

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