Spiced Pumpkin Cake with Orange Frosting

Name: Spiced Pumpkin Cake with Orange Frosting
Cook time: 45 min
Cuisine: british
Ingredients: 300g self-raising flour; 300g light muscovado sugar; 1 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp cinnamon; 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 175g raisins; ½ tsp salt; 4 eggs beaten; 200g butter; Zest 1 orange; 1 tbsp orange juice; 500g grated pumpkin; 200g soft cheese; 85g butter; 100g icing sugar; Zest 1 orange and juice of half

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Cook 45m

Ingredients

Servings

For the cake

300 g self-raising flour
300 g light muscovado sugar
1 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
175 g raisins
½ tsp salt
4 eggs beaten
200 g butter
Zest 1 orange
1 tbsp orange juice
500 g grated pumpkin

For the frosting

200 g soft cheese
85 g butter
100 g icing sugar
Zest 1 orange and juice of half

Instructions

Heat oven to 180Cm, butter and line a 30 x 20cm baking tin with baking paper.
Put the flour, sugar, spice, bicarbonate of soda, sultanas and salt into a large bowl and stir.
Beat the eggs into the melted butter, stir in the orange zest and juice, then mix with the dry ingredients until combined. Stir in the pumpkin. Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 45 minutes, or until golden and springy to the touch.
To make the frosting, beat together the cheese, butter, icing sugar, orange zest and 1 tsp of the juice until smooth and creamy. Add to cake when it is cool. ENJOY!