Apple Recipe ⤑ Pumpkin Cake with Apple Top

This is my own idea for a pumpkin cake, based on my favorite carrot cake recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 cups pumpkin puree
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• 3 egg whites, beaten
• 1 apple - peeled, cored, and sliced
• 2 teaspoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch round cake pan.
2. Mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, cardamom, lemon zest, and ginger in a large bowl. Add the egg yolk, pumpkin puree, and oil; mix until smooth. Gently stir the egg whites into the batter; pour into prepared pan. Arrange the apple slices atop the batter; sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
3. Bake in preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Allow to cool before serving.

Nutrition Facts

• calories578.6
• carbohydrateContent75.9 g
• cholesterolContent34.1 mg
• fatContent28.6 g
• fiberContent3.4 g
• proteinContent7.3 g
• saturatedFatContent4.6 g
• sodiumContent193.8 mg
• sugarContent38.2 g