Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake

Well, ‘tis the season. The season of the pumpkin spice latte. So rather than try and avoid it I decided to, as they say, lean in. I’m not so much a coffee drinker, but I thought it would taste pretty good in cake form, and I was right. Feel free to lower (or raise) the coffee content to your taste, but I think this is a pretty good amount where you get some of the flavor without being overwhelmed by it.

Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

1 T water
5 t instant granulated coffee (separated)
1 ¾ cups flour
2 ½ t baking powder
1 ½ t cinnamon
½ t nutmeg
½ t allspice
½ t salt
¼ t ginger
¼ t ground cloves
2 eggs, brought to room temperature
¾ cup pumpkin puree
½ cup butter, softened to room temperature
¾ cup sugar
½ cup dark brown sugar
¾ cup milk, brought to room temperature
1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
4 T powdered sugar

Directions

Get out a 9” cake pan, butter and flour or spray it and set it aside. I lined my pan with tin foil then sprayed that to make cleanup a little easier.

Next, pour the water and 4 teaspoons of the instant coffee into a very small bowl and mix until the granules are dissolved. Set that aside as well.

In a medium bowl add the next few dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, salt, ginger and cloves. Whisk together until everything is evenly distributed. Set aside.

In a separate large bowl add the eggs and pumpkin and mix until blended (don’t overmix). Next, add in the butter, sugar, brown sugar, milk and your dissolved instant coffee and mix again until well blended.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix again until well blended.

Pour the batter into your prepared cake pan. Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes until the edges are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Move the pan to a wire rack to cool completely. When you’re ready to serve, pour your whipping cream into a bowl and add the remaining 1 t of instant coffee granules. Stir until most of the granules are dissolved (it’s ok if there are still flecks – it’ll look cool!). Add in the powdered sugar and mix until stiff peaks form.