Soft, tender, and delicious autumn cake. Autumn arrives with its cooler and shorter days but also with many delicious aromas and flavors. We no longer indulge in simple, quick, and light recipes, perhaps no-bake, but it is time for rich and delicious baked desserts. So today I’ve prepared a dessert with the most typical ingredients of this newly started season, which remains my favorite. Pumpkin, apples, dried plums, walnuts, and cinnamon are the ingredients of a soft, moist, and delicious cake that filled my entire house with its delightful aroma. A perfect dessert for breakfast, a snack, or any time of the day. With pumpkin and apples, don’t miss the recipe for Apple Cake and Pumpkin and Chocolate Muffins. The blended pumpkin added to the batter makes it very soft, moist, and delicious, and to complete the softness, you find many cubes of apples and dried plums. Then the irresistible aroma of cinnamon, which I love, and the crunchiness of walnut kernels to make the cake truly irresistible. This is the perfect dessert with a cup of hot tea on these first gray and cold days. I’ve also added whole wheat flour to the batter for an irresistible rustic flavor! Let’s run to the kitchen and prepare a delicious cake for a sweet autumn together.

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Difficulty: Easy
Cost: Economical
Preparation time: 20 Minutes
Portions: 8People
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Autumn

205.07 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 205.07 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 32.35 (g) of which sugars 17.47 (g)
Proteins 3.74 (g)
Fat 7.70 (g) of which saturated 1.15 (g)of which unsaturated 4.81 (g)
Fibers 3.36 (g)
Sodium 15.24 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 100 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients for Pumpkin and Apple Cake

2 eggs
110 sugar
3 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
7 oz pumpkin (cleaned)
2 1/2 oz dried plums (pitted)
1 apple (about 9 oz)
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 oz walnut kernels
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1/2 packet baking powder (8 grams)
as needed powdered sugar (for decoration)

How to Make the Autumn Cake

Peel and clean the apple, cut it into small cubes.
Clean the pumpkin, cut it into cubes, and blend it in a mixer or blender with vegetable oil to obtain a delicious orange cream
Beat the 2 whole eggs with the sugar using an electric mixer for 7-8 minutes until you have a light and frothy mixture.
Add the pumpkin cream and mix.
Continue the preparation by adding the sifted white and whole wheat flour.
Add the cinnamon and baking powder. Mix
Add the apple cubes, chopped dried plums, and walnut kernels pieces. Mix with a spatula to blend them into the batter
Pour the batter into a 20-22 cm diameter pan, oiled or lined with parchment paper, and level with a spatula.
Bake the Apple, Pumpkin, and Plum Cake in a preheated static oven at 355°F (180°C) for 35-40 minutes. Always do the toothpick test to check the internal cooking of the cake
Let the Pumpkin Cake cool before transferring it to a serving plate and decorate as desired with powdered sugar
See you tomorrow with a new recipe, a hug, Loredana