BROWN BUTTER PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH SAFFRON AND CARDAMOM
 
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BROWN BUTTER PUMPKIN CAKE with CARDAMOM AND SAFFRON CAKE A smooth, nutty, moist cake filled with spices and warmth. It tastes better warm and even better the next day. Travels well .
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Recipe type: Cake, Dessert
Cuisine: America, Indian
Ingredients
  • 3⅓ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1½ tbsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ⅓ tsp saffron threads
  • 1 tbsp warm milk
  • ½ tsp freshly ground cardamom
  • 2 cups brown butter(4 sticks unsalted butter, browned on low heat)
  • 2 cups pumpkin purée(I used canned, the plain one)
  • 2⅔ cup sugar
  • 6 large eggs
  • ½ tsp lemon zest
For the chocolate cake
  • ½ cup semi sweet chocolate, melted
For the shiny chocolate drizzle
  • ⅓ cup semi sweet chocolate
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1 tbsp corn syrup
  • ⅓ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  2. Sift the all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt and set aside.
  3. In a small bowl, add the saffron with 1 tbsp of hot milk and let it sit.
  4. In a large mixing bowl, add the brown butter, and the soaked saffron. Break the eggs carefully in another bowl so you can easily fish out the shells if it does fall in. Add it to the mixture and mix well. Add the lemon zest. You can use a standing mixer or just a whip to blend everything together at this point.
  5. Add the pumpkin purée, and mix well.
  6. Add the sugar, mix. Now, add the dry ingredients. Fold lightly and gently to combine everything and do not over mix.
  7. Separate the batter into two. With one half of the batter, mix in the melted chocolate. Mix well.
  8. Prepare two 7 inch round cake pans. Brush the sides very well with butter and line the bottom with a parchment paper. Pour both the batters separately in a greased pans and bake at 320 degrees in the middle of the oven for about 45 minutes to an hour. Check after 40 minutes, if the top is browning faster, cover it with an aluminum wrap and move it to the lowest rack in your oven.
  9. Check with a skewer to see if it is fully baked in the middle. My cakes took 53 minutes.
  10. Take the cakes out of the oven and let it sit on a cooling rack. Do not try to remove from the pan when it's hot. Let it sit for 10 minutes. Then unmold carefully, remove the parchment paper.
For the Chocolate drizzle:
  1. Add the chocolate, butter and cornstarch in a bowl and keep it in a double boiler and let it melt. Add the vanilla extract. You could even melt it in a microwave very carefully for 30 seconds.
  2. Drizzle it immediately on the edges of the cake with a help of the spoon.
ASSEMBLY
  1. With a serrated knife carefully level the top of the cakes.
  2. First keep the chocolate cake on a platter or cake stand. Add this point you can brush the cake with some melted ghee or you can add a whipped cream layer. Invert the plain pumpkin cake, the rough side over the chocolate layer. So now the top is smooth. Generously sprinkle with some powdered sugar.
  3. Drizzle the chocolate syrup over the edges with a spoon.
  4. This cake is perfect warm or as it sits. Serve with some vanilla ice cream.
Recipe by Food Fashion Party at https://www.foodfashionparty.com/2017/11/20/pumpkin-cake/