We are halfway through the month of October, which means we are halfway through the month of orange orbs and their endless flavoring of breads, pancakes, rolls, etc. An Amish woman in Michigan shared this recipe for homemade pumpkin spice bread with cream cheese frosting. My mother made some for a family gathering and it was a big hit. The recipe is called "pumpkin spice bread", but it could pass for a pumpkin cake too. So call it what you wish but whatever you call it, you'll love the taste!
🎂 The Amish and Spice Cakes
Amish baking has often done a lot with a little. Amish cooks and bakers are very resourceful and baking a cake is something anyone can do, but by spicing it up a little bit with ingredients like cinnamon and cloves, a cake can really have some zing.
Spice cakes are a popular dessert in Amish communities, and there are many different recipes that vary from family to family. Some common spices used in Amish spice cakes include cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, and ginger. Amish spice cakes are often made with simple ingredients, such as flour, sugar, eggs, butter, and milk. They may also include nuts, dried fruit, or other additions, depending on the recipe.
📜 Steps and Variations
You'll want to use pure pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling. Of course if you have home-canned pumpkin, then use that. The batter in this cake is easy to mix up with a wooden spoon but you can use a stand mixer.
In the batter phase is when you can add some additional spices and flavors. Use a large mixing bowl and feel free to add some vanilla extract, cloves, or nutmeg for additional flavor.
.You can also take this recipe batter and put it into cupcake tins and make these into cupcakes instead. This cake recipe also does well as a bundt cake. So if you have a bundt pan, just lightly grease it and use that for this cake.
My mother made some for a family gathering last week and it is really tasty. You can also take this recipe batter and put it into cupcake tins and make these into cupcakes instead.
When the cake is out of the oven, let it cool before you add frosting. Leftover cake can be covered in plastic wrap and stored at room temperature or in the refrigerator. I like putting it in the fridge.
And if you like me and love cinnamon, feel free to add more cinnamon to the frosting. The frosting is amazing!
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🖨️ Full Recipe
Amish Pumpkin Spice Bread With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 15 ounces solid packed pumpkin or fresh
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 cup buttermilk
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 8-package cream cheese softened
- ½ cup butter
- 4 cups confectioners sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add pumpkin. Combine flour, pie spice, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and ginger; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
- Pour batter in 8" loaf pan or fill paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- Frost the bread or the cupcakes.
D. Smith
I was glad you posted the recipe for Sour Milk Pie, I guess it's all in how you percieve things and also how you grew up. My gramma made that type of thing often and we NEVER turned it down, no matter what she called stuff we ate it because she was a really good cook!
I'm already sick of hearing about pumpkin this and that because it's not my favorite thing, but this bread (spice bread) sounds yummy and who doesn't like cream cheese frosting?
Brenda Carrier
How much sugar
Donna Meade
Uh oh how many cups of sugar? Recipe just says cups sugar.
Susan Loper
There's no measurement for the sugar! How much should I use?
Eileen Harris
Question about how much sugar for this recipe. It's missing.
Jenny herrick
How can there be a fall without pumpkin something . Will try it and the icing really sounds like yummy.