Pumpkin Olive Oil Cake Baked Until the Center Springs Back

Pumpkin Olive Oil Cake Baked Until the Center Springs Back keeps the shopping list focused on olive oil, eggs, and pumpkin puree. It serves 10 slices.

Count on 15 minutes of prep, 30 minutes of cooking, about 45 minutes from the first measurement to the plate.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

• ¾ cup olive oil
• 2 large eggs
• ½ cup pumpkin puree
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ⅔ cup light brown sugar firmly packed
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 ¼ tablespoons pumpkin spice mix
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

How the cooking goes

1. Warm the oven to 350°F convection (with the fan) or 375°F conventional. Spray with non-stick cooking spray and line a 9-inch round cake pan with a baking paper circle.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the baking powder, baking soda, salt, pumpkin spice mix, and all-purpose flour; keep it to one side.
3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the olive oil, eggs, pumpkin puree, granulated sugar, and light brown sugar until well combined.
4. Beat the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until very few lumps remain. The batter is loose, so you find a whisk to be the best tool.
5. Tip the batter into the prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula. Then bake in the preheated oven for 30-45 minutes, or until the surface is deep gold and the center springs back when lightly pressed. A cake tester, bamboo skewer, or metal cake tester should come out clean.
6. Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes before turning out of the pan to cool until it is no longer warm on a wire rack. You just cool mine upside down, but you can flip it using a second wire cooling rack or cake board. You do not recommend trying to move the cake while it is hot.

After it comes off the heat

Let the pan settle before you slice, so the crumb stays together. Cover leftovers once they are cool.

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