pumpkin chocolate dessert cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 tablespoons spice
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/3 cup applesauce
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). lightly grease a 9 inch bundt pan.
• in a medium bowl, mix the flour, cocoa powder, spice, baking powder and baking soda. in a large bowl, beat together 3/4 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, applesauce, and eggs. mix in 1/2 cup heavy cream and pumpkin. stir into the flour mixture just until blended. spread evenly in the prepared pan.
• bake 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. allow to cool in the pan over a wire rack. invert cake a serving plate.
• place the brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, and 1/3 cup heavy cream in a medium saucepan. bring to a boil while stirring to blend until smooth. cook until sugar is dissolved. whisk in the confectioner's sugar, and drizzle over the cake immediately.