RecipesPumpkin, pine nut & honey cake
A lovely moist, spiced cake that feels just right for Halloween or Bonfire Night.
A lovely moist, spiced cake that feels just right for Halloween or Bonfire Night.
By Asda Good Living,21st September 2015

Cook: 1 Hour 15 Mins

Serves: 12

Price: 63p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 89g serving contains
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1543kj/369kcal
Ingredients
225g self-raising flour
1 level tsp ground ginger
1 level tsp ground cinnamon
175g butter, softened
100g light soft brown sugar
100g clear honey
2 large free-range eggs
150g pumpkin (or butternut squash) weighed without seeds and skin, grated
100g pine nuts
50g icing sugar
Method
1Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease a 23cm round cake tin and line the base with baking paper.
2Sift the flour, ginger and cinnamon together.
3Beat the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the honey and beat again.
4Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding a spoonful of the flour mixture with each.
5Fold in the rest of the flour, the grated pumpkin and pine nuts. Spoon into the cake tin and level the top.
6Bake for 45-55 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly pressed. Cool on a wire rack.
7Mix the icing sugar with 1 1/2 tsp water and drizzle on top.