Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze

The oranges are optional, but they add a burst of freshness to the cake. If you make the cake a day ahead, garnish with orange wedges shortly before serving. You can also bake the cake in a Bundt pan, but reduce the oven temperature to 325º.

Yield: 16 servings (serving size: 1 slice)

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 1 1/2  cups  granulated sugar
• 1/2  cup  butter, softened
• 3/4  cup  egg substitute
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 1  (15-ounce) can pumpkin
• 3  cups  sifted cake flour
• 1  teaspoon  baking powder
• 1  teaspoon  baking soda
• 1  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground ginger
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground nutmeg
• Cooking spray
• 
  Glaze:
• 1/2  cup  powdered sugar
• 1/2  cup  (4 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1/2  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 3  tablespoons  fresh orange juice
• 
  Garnish:
• Fresh orange sections (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

To prepare cake, place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes). Add egg substitute, 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla and pumpkin.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine the flour and next 6 ingredients (flour through nutmeg), stirring well with a whisk. Fold flour mixture into pumpkin mixture.

Spoon batter into a 10-inch tube pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack. Remove from pan; place on wire rack.

To prepare glaze, place powdered sugar and cream cheese in a bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Add orange juice, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition. Drizzle warm cake with glaze. Cool completely on wire rack. Garnish with orange sections, if desired.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

236 (29% from fat)

Fat:

7.5g (sat 4.6g,mono 1.7g,poly 0.3g)

Protein:

3.9g

Carbohydrate:

38.8g

Fiber:

1.5g

Cholesterol:

21mg

Iron:

1.8mg

Sodium:

295mg

Calcium:

41mg