Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Pumpkin-Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

This month we are baking from a new book called "cake keeper Cakes" by Lauren Chattman. Our first cake from this book is "Pumpkin-Chocolate Chip Pound Cake"! How perfect can that be for the month of October! This was my first time making a pound cake, and I think it turned out well. I decided make this cake as soon as it was announced. I heard their was a pumpkin shortage, and I didn't want to have to hunt or over pay for canned pumpkin, plus I wanted to be on the safe side since this was the same rumor going around last year. I left for the grocery store feeling confident I would find the canned pumpkin, and to my surprise I find their is a shortage! I was only able to purchase the small 15 oz. cans for $1.78, the larger cans are on backorder and are expected to be in by Thanksgiving. I will go back next week and purchase a few more cans just to be on the safe side.
The cake turned out good, I omitted the nuts (wasn't really in the mood for them) and didn't feel like the cake needed them. I enjoyed the combination of the spices with the chocolate! I had a slice of the cake and water as my lunch, and really wished I would have had coffee instead! Well, thats what happens when your counting calories! Hopefully next month I can see the sacrifice!
Click here for a copy of the recipe!


10 comments:

Brownieville Girl said...

Glad you liked it Anabel, it went down very well here too!

Very few calories in coffee with fat free milk (at least I hope so - I'm living on the stuff!!!!)

All That's Left Are The Crumbs said...

I am glad that you were able to find some pumpkin. I have noticed that there are hardly any cans in the stores.

Leslie Harris said...

Your cake looks so moist! And the color is beautiful. :)

I made mine at the very last minute and we all LOVED it! :)

Katie said...

Your cake looks yummy and very soft and tender.

Caroline said...

Looks great for a first try baking pound cakes! I omitted the nuts as well on my second time baking this & liked it better.

Please Do Not Feed The Animals. said...

Your cake looks very tempting.
Eeek I have the calorie problem too. How to eat all this baking while controlling calories. Not easy.

Anonymous said...

Your cake looks great! I too really enjoyed this cake.

Anna said...

Looks lovely - it's great that we pretty much all enjoyed the recipe :)

Monica H said...

I have a couple cans but I haven't very much around lately either. I do have a question though, or more just a statement :-)

Around here the larger cans of pumpkin are actually pumpkin 'mix' which have added spices and other things- it's not just plain pureed pumpkin. So the smaller cans may be what you need. This is true for Libby's pumpkin anyway.

Glad you're back to baking with us!

Jack McKay said...

This was lovely, thanks for writing this