Cheryl’s Pumpkin Cake or Muffins
Avg. rating 5 from 46 votes.Recipe Information
Recipe Created By: Cheryl Nakao
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree
1/3 cup water
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp kosher salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 °F.
Combine the wet ingredients and the sugar. Mix until they are fully incorporated.
Sift dry ingredients together and add to the wet mixture and mix until incorporated.
Put the batter into a greased 8" square pan, or greased muffin tins.
Bake for approximately 45 minutes for the cake, or 25-30 minutes for the muffins, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Notes
Substitutions
To make gluten free, replace the flour with and equal amount of gluten-free flour mix and add 1/4 tsp xanthan gum. Also, the first time I made these gluten-free, I only used 1 tsp of baking powder, and the centers fell a bit. I think the extra 1/2 tsp of baking powder should correct the problem.
You can substitute the following spices instead of a pre-mixed pumpkin pie spice: 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg + 1 tsp ground cinnamon + 1/2 tsp ground cloves + 1/2 tsp ground ginger.
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