Gluten-Free Pumpkin Walnut Cake
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 8-10
 
Simply Gluten-Free's Pumpkin Walnut Cake is full of that fall flavor we love!
Ingredients
  • 1 ¾ cups sugar
  • 1 heaping cup pure pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
  • 8 large eggs
  • 3 ¼ cups finely ground, blanched almond flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon kosher or fine sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup chopped walnuts
  • 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Line a 10-inch springform pan with parchment paper, and spray generously with gluten-free, nonstick cooking spray.
  3. Place sugar in the food processor and process for 30 seconds.
  4. Add pumpkin, eggs, almond flour, cinnamon, salt, cloves, nutmeg and vanilla.
  5. Process until smooth.
  6. Pour into prepared pan, and smooth the top.
  7. Combine walnuts and brown sugar in a small bowl, and sprinkle on top of cake batter.
  8. Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  9. Let cool in the pan, then remove the outer ring of the pan.
Recipe by Fit Bottomed Girls at https://fitbottomedgirls.com/2015/09/pumpkin-recipes-gluten-free-pumpkin-walnut-cake/