Chocolate and Pumpkin Swirl Cake

Name: Chocolate and Pumpkin Swirl Cake
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; Pinch salt; 1 cup Pumpkin puree; 1 1/2 cups Sugar; 1 cup refined oil or butter; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup Cocoa powder; 1/2 cup beetroot puree; 2 teaspoon Vanilla essence; 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice powder

Ananya Ghosh @anan_17091990

Kolkata, West Bengal

A perfect Dessert to have with a cuppa hot coffee, this dessert is filled with the goodness of dark chocolate and Pumpkin.

Ananya Ghosh @anan_17091990

Kolkata, West Bengal

A perfect Dessert to have with a cuppa hot coffee, this dessert is filled with the goodness of dark chocolate and Pumpkin.

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Ingredients

1 hr

8 servings

2 cupsflour
1 teaspoonbaking powder
1/2 teaspoonbaking soda
Pinchsalt
1 cupPumpkin puree
1 1/2 cupsSugar
1 cuprefined oil or butter
2eggs
1/2 cupCocoa powder
1/2 cupbeetroot puree
2 teaspoonVanilla essence
1 teaspoonpumpkin pie spice powder

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Steps

1 hr

1

Sieve the flour,baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Then separate the flour mixture in two different bowls in equal amounts and add half cup cocoa powder to one of them. Mix well and set aside.
2

In a separate bowl add the oil or butter and sugar and whip till the butter is light and fluffy. Then add the eggs and whip till light yellow in colour. Then separate the mixture into two bowls.
3

In one part of the mixture, add pumpkin puree, 1 teaspoon vanilla essence, pumpkin pie spice powder, and combine well. Then add the plain flour mixture without Cocoa powder to it.
4

In the second part add beetroot puree, vanilla essence and add the cocoa powder and flour mixture add combine lightly to avoid overmixing. The cake batter should not be runny or thin.
5

In a greased tin, alternately pour the chocolate and pumpkin mixture. Then tap the tin to release any air bubbles. Then move a toothpick through it to create a swirl pattern.
6

Bake the cake for 40 minutes or till a skewer inserted comes out clean.
7

Serve with a cup hot coffee.