Dessert for 16
Marbled Pumpkin Snacking Cake
Pumpkin, almond flour, and oat flour form a tender cake with cocoa swirls, chocolate chips, and buttercream.
$2.29for 4 servings
$0.57 per serving$2.29 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
Photo: ambitiouskitchen.com
- 50 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 16servings as written
- $typical cost tier
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What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Canned pumpkin$0.14/oz typical | 8.5 oz | $1.19Typical price |
| Eggs$0.30 each typical | 3 | $0.90Typical price |
| Sour cream or plain yogurt$0.14/oz typical | 4.25 oz | $0.60Typical price |
| Butter$0.40/oz typical | 3 oz | $1.20Typical price |
| Chocolate chips and baking chocolate$0.45/oz typical | 3.25 oz | $1.46Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $9.17 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
Syrups, molasses, powdered sugarHoney or maple syrupCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaFlourDried herbs, spices and seasoning blendsBaking powder and sodaSalt and pepper
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- wet ingredients
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup plain or vanilla greek yogurt
- 6 tbsp salted butter coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- dry ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup fine blanched almond flour
- 1 cup oat flour
- 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- mix-ins
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1/2 batch of dad’s chocolate buttercream
- 2 tbsp mini chocolate chips
- flaky sea salt (optional)
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F and grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
- Whisk the pumpkin, eggs, brown sugar, maple syrup, yogurt, melted butter-coconut oil mixture, and vanilla in a large bowl.
- Stir the almond flour, oat flour, spice, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into the wet mixture.
- Pour two-thirds of the batter into the pan, stir cocoa into the remaining batter, and spoon it over the top.
- Swirl the batters with a knife, scatter on the mini chocolate chips, and bake for 30 minutes.
- Cool the cake for 10 minutes, spread on the chocolate buttercream, and sprinkle with the remaining chocolate chips.
Swaps
- Sour cream or plain yogurt for Yogurtabout $0.02/oz less at typical prices
- Butter for Margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices
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