Pumpkin Pound Cake

I used this recipe to enter a desserst cook off contest and won 1st prize . I love this recipe and will make it again and again. My friend who makes cakes as a business also loved this cake and now she will use it.

Recipes Adapted From :landolakes.com

Ingredients

Pound Cake

• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
• 6 large Land O Lakes® Eggs
• 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin
• 3/4 cup milk

Glaze

• 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3 to 4 tablespoons Land O Lakes® Half & Half
• 1 tablespoon Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 

How to make

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt® pan; set aside.

Step 2

Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt in bowl. Set aside.

Step 3

Combine sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Continue beating, adding eggs 1 at a time, until well mixed. Add pumpkin; continue beating until well mixed. Add flour mixture alternately with milk; beat at low speed until well mixed.

Step 4

Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.

Step 5

Combine powdered sugar, cream cheese, 3 tablespoons half & half, 1 tablespoon butter and vanilla in medium bowl; beat until well mixed, adding remaining half & half, if needed, to reach desired consistency. Glaze cooled cake.