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    You are here: Home / Recipes / Baking / Cakes and Muffins / Pumpkin Walnut Cake

    Pumpkin Walnut Cake

    Published : Dec 24,2019 | Last Updated On : Nov 2, 2024 by Muktha

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    Pumpkin Walnut Cake with step by step directions and short video .

    Pumpkin Walnut Cake is a delicate, moist and very flavorful, pumpkin spice pound cake - a perfect holiday treat.

    This is a easy recipe with a simple mix of wet and and dry ingredients together. Serve a slice of pumpkin walnut cake for breakfast or with evening tea or as dessert with a scoop of ice cream , it tastes delicious .

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    Texture of this cake lies between that of bread and a cake , hence its a pound cake. Addition of spices and pumpkin puree to a regular cake helps to bake a moist cake with fragrance of warm spices. Frankly speaking , don't expect your cake to be full of pumpkin flavour in fact you can hardly make it out but can expect a delicious light and moist cake with added nutrients .

    If you have pumpkin puree ready then within no time you can bake this cake. This cake tastes better after sitting for a day . I made pumpkin puree a day ahead and made this cake , following day . Though making pumpkin puree is no big deal , I made it just a day before to save some time. That's the #lifeoffoodblogger .

    If you want you can either use readymade pumpkin puree or just cut into small pieces, remove its skin and seeds and then steam it . After 15-20 minutes , blend into smooth puree . You are done with a pumpkin puree. Just make sure to remove the skin from pumpkin and then steam it . Alternatively you can bake the whole pumpkin in oven and then scoop the pulp and mash well to get a smooth and silken puree. You can find the video on how to make fresh homemade pumpkin puree here

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    Actually I was intended to bake this cake in a loaf pan in oven but unfortunately when I put my cake tin into oven , suddenly power switched off and there was no back up too . Hence straight away transferred cake batter into a 8 " inch tin and made it on a pressure cooker .

    In spite of all fuss while baking this cake turned out to be a real moist and delicious cake . Hence I'm sharing this recipe on how to bake a cake in a pressure cooker . Alternatively you can always bake a cake in an oven.

    Though this is a fall dessert you can extend it till winter, holiday season and serve your clan at dinning to get accolades of appreciation.

    Other similar holiday recipe from my blog are :

    • Plum Cake
    • Melting Moments
    • Flourless Chocolate Cake
    • Tres Leches
    • Whole wheat Butter Biscuits
    • Banana Muffins
    • Low Fat Orange Yogurt Cake
    • Cheese Cake

    RECIPE CARD TO MAKE PUMPKIN WALNUT CAKE

    Recipe

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    Pumpkin Walnut Cake in a Pressure Cooker

    Pumpkin Walnut Cake is a Delicate, Moist and Flavorful Spiced Pound Cake.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: World
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour
    Servings : 12 People
    Calories / Serving : 237
    Author: Muktha H S

    Ingredients 

    • 11/2 Cup All purpose flour
    • 1 ½ tablespoon Cornflour
    • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon Powder
    • ½ teaspoon Cloves Powder
    • ¼ teaspoon Ginger Powder
    • ¼ Tsp Nutmeg Powder
    • ½ teaspoon Salt
    • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
    • 2 no's Eggs
    • ¼ cup Milk
    • ½ cup Brown Sugar
    • ¾ cup Granulated White Sugar
    • 1 ¾ cup Pumpkin Puree
    • ½ teaspoon Vanilla Essence
    • ½ cup Oil
    • ½ Cup Walnuts

    Instructions

    • Sieve all purpose flour , cornflour , spice powders , salt and baking soda together ,twice and set aside.
    • In a mixing bowl , add 2 eggs , brown sugar , granulated sugar and whisk well.
    • Add milk , pumpkin puree , vanilla essence , oil and whisk well all together so that everything mixes well.
    • Now take sieved dry ingredients in a bowl and slowly add wet ingredients part by part to the flour mixture.
    • With a spatula gently mix everything carefully such that no lumps are formed.
    • Finally , add ½ cup of walnut and stir into the cake batter gently.
    • Grease the cake tin / loaf pan and pour the batter.
    • Take a wide pressure cooker , add sea salt (crystal salt) into cooker and evenly spread salt. Keep a heat proof stand on sea salt and place cooker on a high flame on a stove top. This is similar to preheating in oven. Alternatively , you can bake cake in a preheat oven at 180 deg celsius and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
    • After 6-8 minutes, salt to becomes sufficiently hot then immediately reduce the flame to low heat /sim and place cake tin inside the pressure cooker.
    • Remove gasket (rubber ring) from pressure cooker lid and securely close it.
    • Don't put vent weight( whistle) on the pressure cooker.
    • Cook on a low heat for about 35-45 minutes , till toothpick inserted comes out clean.
    • Remove the cake tin from pressure cooker and allow it to cool completely.
    • Invert the cake tin on a plate , tap it gently and remove the cake .
    • Wrap the cake with clingfilm and let it sit overnight before serving. The flavors meld well and tastes delicious when served on following day .
    • Serve cake at room temperature either for breakfast or with tea. Also you can serve slice of cake with scoop of ice cream.

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    How to make Pumpkin Walnut Cake

    Sieve all purpose flour , cornflour , spice powders , salt and baking soda together ,twice and set aside.

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    In a mixing bowl , add 2 eggs , brown sugar .

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    Add granulated sugar and whisk well.

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    Well combined.

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    Add milk ,

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    pumpkin puree ,

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    vanilla essence ,

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    oil

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    and whisk well all together so that everything mixes well.

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    Now take sieved dry ingredients in a bowl and slowly add wet ingredients part by part to the flour mixture.

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    With a spatula gently mix everything carefully .

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    Mix gently and carefully such that no lumps are formed.

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    Finally , add ½ cup of walnut

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    and stir into the cake batter gently.

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    Grease the cake tin / loaf pan and pour the batter.

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    To Make Cake in Pressure Cooker:

    Take a wide pressure cooker , add sea salt (crystal salt) into cooker and evenly spread salt. Keep a heat proof stand on sea salt and place cooker on a high flame on a stove top. This is similar to preheating in oven. Alternatively , you can bake cake in a preheat oven at 180 deg celsius and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

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    After 6-8 minutes, salt becomes sufficiently hot then immediately reduce the flame to low heat /sim and place cake tin inside the pressure cooker.

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    Remove gasket (rubber ring) from pressure cooker lid

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    and securely close it.

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    Don't put vent weight( whistle) on the pressure cooker.

    Cook on a low heat for about 35-45 minutes , till toothpick inserted comes out clean.

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    Remove the cake tin from pressure cooker and allow it to cool completely.

    Invert the cake tin on a plate , tap it gently and remove the cake .

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    Wrap the cake with clingfilm and let it sit overnight before serving. The flavors meld well and tastes delicious when served on following day .

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    Serve cake at room temperature either for breakfast or with tea. Also you can serve slice of cake with scoop of ice cream.

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    Comments

    1. Antoinette Louise Alioto says

      January 17, 2023 at 8:42 am

      Hi, I believe you left out the puree from the written step-by-step 🙂

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      • Muktha says

        January 17, 2023 at 9:44 am

        Hey thanks for pointing, I had added in step by step and missed out in recipe card. Updated , Thanks a ton

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