On special occasions, a
little treat is good. What better treat for Fall than a chocolate chip pumpkin
cake and pumpkin brownie! I am feeling a bit nostalgic today and given the fact
that canned pumpkin filling is on sale this week at my local CVS, I felt I had
to make something pumpkin.
When I was in undergrad
Intro to Foods lab, one of the lab assignments we had involved shortened and
foam style cakes. That’s when I came across this SUPER easy pumpkin cake. Clean
up is a breeze because all of the ingredients go in 1 bowl for the chocolate chip pumpkin cake. The pumpkin brownie is a new recipe I found on Allrecipes.com and was a little tedious. But, they are both equally delicious!
Enjoy...
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cake
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½ cup oil
2 eggs
1 ½ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cloves
¼ teaspoon ginger
½ teaspoon salt
½ can pumpkin pie filling
3 ounces mini chocolate
chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
F. Mix everything in order given. Batter will be thick. Bake in greased,
floured cake pan for 40-45 minutes at 350 degrees F, or until wooden pick
inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely before serving.
I had extra pumpkin filling
so I decided to use it to make another recipe. I found this online.
Pumpkin Brownie
Recipe
by: CroqueMadame
"A twist on a
classic brownie recipe--perfect for fall! Rich chocolate flavors are nicely
complemented by pumpkin and spices."
Ingredients
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1/2 teaspoon baking
powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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3/4 cup butter, melted
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1 1/2 cups white sugar
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2 teaspoons vanilla
extract
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3 eggs
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1/4 cup cocoa powder
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1/2 cup semi-sweet
chocolate chips
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1/2 cup pumpkin puree
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1/2 cup chopped
walnuts
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3/4 teaspoon ground
cinnamon
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1/2 teaspoon ground
cloves
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1/2 teaspoon ground
nutmeg
Directions
- Preheat
oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8 inch baking pan. Stir
the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
- In
another bowl, stir together the melted butter, sugar, and vanilla extract;
beat in the eggs one at a time with a spoon. Gradually add the flour
mixture, and stir the batter until it's evenly moistened. Divide the
batter in half in two separate bowls.
- Into
one bowl of batter, blend the cocoa powder and chocolate chips. In the
second bowl of batter, stir in the pumpkin puree, walnuts, cinnamon,
cloves, and nutmeg.
- Spread
1/2 of the chocolate batter into the bottom of the prepared baking pan,
and follow with 1/2 of the pumpkin batter. Repeat the layers, ending with
a pumpkin layer, and drag a kitchen knife or small spatula gently through
the layers in a swirling motion, to create a marbled appearance.
- Bake
in the preheated oven until the brownies begin to pull away from the sides
of the pan, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40
to 45 minutes. Cool in the pan, cut into squares, and serve.
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Source:
Pumpkin Brownies. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/211165/pumpkin-brownies/print/.
Accessed November 7, 2015.
