Pumpkin Spice Mini Cake with Maple Browned Butter Frosting

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Start by adding brown butter to a bowl.
  2. 2Add brown sugar to the brown butter.
  3. 3Add a couple of eggs to the mixture.
  4. 4Add a mix of pumpkin butter and pumpkin puree to the bowl.
  5. 5Add lots of vanilla to the batter.
  6. 6Mix all wet ingredients together using an electric mixer.
  7. 7Stir in the dry ingredients (flour, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, hot espresso or hot water) to the batter.
  8. 8Mix until all dry ingredients are incorporated.
  9. 9Pour the cake batter into a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
  10. 10Bake the cake in the oven.
  11. 11While the cake is baking, prepare the frosting by mixing cream cheese.
  12. 12Add brown butter to the cream cheese.
  13. 13Mix the brown butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer.
  14. 14Add powdered sugar to the frosting mixture.
  15. 15Mix until the powdered sugar is incorporated and the frosting is smooth.
  16. 16Add maple syrup to the frosting.
  17. 17Mix the maple syrup into the frosting.
  18. 18Frost the baked cake with a generous layer of the brown butter cream cheese frosting.
  19. 19Pour melted sugar onto parchment paper to create a caramel.
  20. 20Sprinkle sea salt over the caramel.
  21. 21Crack the hardened salted caramel brûlée into pieces.
  22. 22Sprinkle the cracked salted caramel brûlée on top of the frosted cake.
  23. 23Cut and serve a slice of the pumpkin spice mini cake.

Ingredients

  • 1 stick salted butter
  • 0.5 cup brown sugar
  • 0.75 cup pumpkin butter
  • 0.25 cup canned pumpkin puree
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1.5 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 0.5 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons hot espresso or hot water
  • 1.5 sticks salted butter (for frosting)
  • 4 ounces cream cheese (for frosting)
  • 2 cups powdered sugar (for frosting)
  • 0.25 cup maple syrup (for frosting)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (for frosting)
  • sea salt

Equipment

bowlelectric mixerbaking panovenspatulabaking sheetmeat tenderizer

Tips

  • The mixture of pumpkin butter and pumpkin puree is key for flavor.
  • Add lots of vanilla to the cake batter.
  • The brown butter cream cheese frosting is a favorite and delicious.
  • Adding maple to the frosting gives an even more yummy flavor.
  • The salted caramel brulée topping is made from melted sugar, allowed to harden and then cracked, and sprinkled with sea salt for a perfect topping.

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