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Lorraine Pascale's pumpkin and pecan cake recipe
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Lorraine Pascale's pumpkin and pecan cake recipe

16 ingredients 30 min + 50 min 12 people openrecipes

"Naughty, rich and uber-tasty, this is a most unusual, but very satisfying cake."

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

995
Calories
23g
Protein
32g
Fat
153g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cream Cheese 1 oz (28g) 99
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Pecan Nut 1 half (4g) 20
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Pumpkin not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 400 pumpkin (or butternut squash), peeled, deseeded and coarsely grated (should yield approx. 300g flesh)
  • g self-raising flour
  • 350 soft light brown sugar
  • g large eating apple, peeled, cored and coarsely grated
  • 275 ground mixed spice
  • g ground cinnamon
  • 1 baking powder
  • 2 bicarbonate of soda
  • tsp eggs
  • 1 vegetable oil, plus extra for greasing
  • tsp oranges, zest only
  • 1 vanilla extract
  • tsp low-fat cream cheese
  • 1 icing sugar
  • tsp vanilla pod, seeds only
  • 6 pecan nut halves

Directions

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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