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Pumpkin bundt cake with espresso fudge sauce

Ingredients

For the bundt cake

  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 large eggs room temperature
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon allspice
  • 2 cups of pumpkin for this recipe I used canned pumpkin, but you can roast your own and put through a food mill

For the espresso chocolate sauce

  • 2 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • cup heavy or whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon of instant espresso powder
  • ½ cup light corn syrup golden syrup, or honey
  • ¼ cup packed dark-brown sugar
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ cup of nestle espresso morsels
  • 4 ounces of bittersweet chocolate chopped (or use ½ cup of bitter or semi sweet chocolate chips)
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

For the cake

  • Heat the oven to 350 and grease a 10-inch bundt pan really good - you don't want it to get stuck in there. In a bowl of a stand mixer beat the sugar and oil until well combined. Add the eggs and beat well. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt and all the spices. Add the pumpkin and dry ingredients to the egg and oil mixture, ALTERNATING with pumpkin and dry ingredients, mixing on low speed after each addition until each is well incorporated. Spread the batter into the greased bundt pan and bake for about an hour. When you remove from the oven, cool in the pan for about 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. and then cool completely.

For the espresso chocolate sauce

  • Combine the butter, cream, espresson powder, brown sugar, corn syrup, cocoa, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Simmer on low, stirring, for 3 to 5 more minutes after everything has melted, then remove from heat and stir in espresso morsels and chocolate. Stir in vanilla.
  • Drizzle the warm sauce over the top of the cake and save a little extra for passing at the table.