PUMPKIN POUND CAKE RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan; set aside.
• Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt in bowl. Set aside.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan; sprinkle pecans onto bottom of pan., In a large bowl, beat pumpkin, sugar, oil, eggs and water until well blended. In another bowl, whisk cake mix and spices; gradually beat into pumpkin mixture. Transfer to prepared pan., Bake 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack., In a small saucepan, combine sugar, butter, cinnamon and cloves; cook and stir over medium heat until butter is melted. Remove from heat. Stir in rum; cook and stir 2-3 minutes longer or until sugar is dissolved., Gradually brush glaze onto warm cake, about 1/4 cup at a time, allowing glaze to soak into cake before adding more. Cool completely.