Bad Girls Kitchen - The Great Pumpkin Cake

The Great Pumpkin Cake
by Irene

2 oz of unsweetened chocolate
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp baking soda
dash salt
1 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
4 eggs
2 cups pureed pumpkin
1/3 cup sour cream

heat oven to 350
grease/flour bundt pan

Melt chocolate in microwave, stir well, let cool

mix all dry ingredients

beat butter and sugar till fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time till well mixed turn mixer to low, aternate dry ingredients with pumpkin, till mixed stir in sour cream

Separate 1 1/3 cups of pumpkins mixture, stir in chocolate pour 1/3 of the plain pumpkin mixture into pan, drop a few teaspoons of chocolate mixture onto the layer repeat twice more, until all in pan-making sure you end with plain mixture

Bake 50 to 60 mins-use toothpick to check for doneness

Cool on rack

glaze

In saucepan, boil 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 stick of butter, and 1/4 cup of milk boil 2 mins, stir often

let cool until pan can be comfortably be touched add 1 tsp vanilla, and stir in powder sugar until glaze consistancy acheived (about 1 cup) Spoon over cake, allow to set up before serving

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