This is a sponsored post. Although this post is sponsored, all opinions are my own. This post contains no affiliate links just a link back to the sponsor British Lion Eggs.

 

I have finally accepted Summer is really over, the wind and rain have arrived in Scotland and so has the limited daylight hours, and the clocks haven’t even gone back yet! Oh well, time to bring on all the Autumn flavours and to kick off the season I am sharing this super duper Spiced Pumpkin Cake with Maple Frosting. Its like Autumn overload in a cake…. Perfect!

 

 

Pumpkin Season

Lets face it, we food bloggers go a little mad at this time of the year and its wall to wall pumpkin. Is this a bad thing? I think not, I have to admit to having tins of pumpkin all year round in my kitchen. I find it a great ingredient to have on hand. Especially for cakes and treats and I really love pumpkin soup. No matter what the time of year is. But enough about me and back to this cake.

 

 

A lightly spiced tender pumpkin sponge is the real star of this bake. The pumpkin stops the cake being overly sweet, giving it an almost savoury edge. Which is great when its smothered with this much frosting! The sponge is made with buttermilk, which is really a wonder ingredient. It can tenderise a bake like nothing else, making it light and soft which is what you want when using a heavy wet ingredient like pumpkin.

 

The usual pumpkin pie spice suspects are in here too. Nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, allspice and a little ginger. I could have just used pumpkin pie spice but its not available in the UK. I do actually have a jar in my house as I make my own. If you live in a country where it is not available then try making your own pumpkin pie spice, its so easy and quick to put together. But to keep things simple I used separate spices for this cake. But if you do want to use pumpkin pie spice then just sub all the spices for 2 teaspoons instead.

 

 

Maple Frosting

I know I mentioned before about the mounds of frosting on this spiced pumpkin cake, but it is worth mentioning again. This frosting has the maximum amount of male syrup added to it before it turns into a big gloopy mess. (Yes I did find out the hard way). It has 90 millilitres (3/8 cup) in it . Now considering the cost of good quality maple syrup that is quite a lot. But its so worth it, the  slight coffee caramel undertones the maple syrup adds to this frosting is amazing. The savoury edge of the cake mixed with this sweet frosting are truly a perfect match.

 

 

All these amazing flavours just scream Autumn and I could think of no better way to welcome in the Fall season.

 

 

Egg-tastic

When British Lion Eggs asked me if I wanted to do another post for them I jumped at the chance. I love eggs I buy and use so many and the stamp of quality and safety provided by British Lion Eggs is a real comfort to me. I know my eggs have been checked and are safe. This time they want me to highlight the calories in an egg. I have to admit to being a bit ignorant on this, hey I use them in cakes the last thing I worry about is the calories in an egg, but you know what its a lot less then I realised. No wonder these little brown eggs are so good for you!

 

 

And just look what eggs can do for you, they can make cakes!

 

 

Who can argue with that?

 

 

Note: I received compensation in exchange for writing this post. Although this post is sponsored, all opinions and choice of recipe are my own. This post contains no affiliate links, just a link back to the sponsor British Lion Eggs. All they asked of me was to highlight the calories in an egg.