Get the App

Recipes

Find a Recipe Blue Ribbon Recipes Pinch It!™ Feed Browse All Recipes

Editorial

Food Bites & Articles Videos What is a Blue Ribbon? Meet the Test Kitchen

Community

Member Recipes Groups Sweepstakes Contests Shopping

thanksgiving cake

(1 rating)
Linky1 avatar
Recipe by
Carolyn Haas
@Linky1
Whitewater, WI

My granddaughter wanted to make a cake for Thanksgiving instead of pies. I found this recipe on an educational website, but the ingredients and directions were very mixed up, so I decided to rewrite in a more sensible order. We used the maple glaze option.

(1 rating)
yield 12 -16
prep time 20 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For thanksgiving cake

  • 10 Tbsp
    butter, softened
  • 2
    eggs, room temperature
  • 1 c
    white sugar
  • 1/2 c
    brown sugar, packed
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    grated ginger (or 1/2 tsp. powdered)
  • 1 1/4 c
    pumpkin puree (unsweetened)
  • 1 lg
    apple, peeled, cored and finely chopped
  • DRY INGREDIENTS
  • 2 c
    flour
  • 2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 2 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp
    nutmeg
  • 1 pinch
    salt
  • LAST INGREDIENTS
  • 1 c
    cranberries, coarsely chopped
  • 1 c
    pecans, coarsely
  • confectioners sugar, for dusting
  • OPTIONAL GLAZE
  • 6 Tbsp
    confectioners' sugar
  • 2-3 Tbsp
    maple syrup

How To Make thanksgiving cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 325^F. In a large bowl, stir dry ingredients together. Set aside
  • 2
    Beat butter and both butters together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time.Beat in the vanilla.
  • 3
    On low speed, add pumpkin, ginger and apples.
  • 4
    Mix in dry ingredients until just blended. Stir in cranberries and pecans with a spatula.
  • 5
    Spoon into greased Bundt pan, smooth top. Put into center rack of oven and bake for 1 hr. or until knife inserted into cake comes out clean. May have to add a little extra time.
  • 6
    Cool on rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto rack and let cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar before serving.
  • 7
    Optional: Instead of dusting with sugar, instead make a maple glaze out of maple syrup and confectioners' sugar. Drizzle it on cake.
  • Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
ADVERTISEMENT