Pumpkin Butterscotch Birthday Cake

You know a cake is a winner when you get a phone call from your aunt less than an hour after dropping off the cake at your grandmother's house because your grandma tried the cake, loved it, and already called your aunt to rave about it.

You know a cake is a winner when your dad asks for seconds and your brother who doesn't like cake eats his entire piece.

Or when a friend texts you later still with lingering thoughts about the cake saying "That cake was g*d damn delicious...."


Yes. That's when you know it's a winner!

This cake is Pumpkin Butterscotch Birthday Cake, and really it's just a pumpkin butterscotch cake, but since I made it for my birthday, it's now turned into a birthday cake.

It may sound like an odd combination, but trust me it's delicious and really easy to whip up.

So try it, and enjoy! :)


Also thank you to Random Sweetness, I found the original recipe here!

Ingredients 

3/4 cup butterscotch chips
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup of light brown sugar
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of apple pie spice
1 can of pumpkin puree
1/2 cup of salted butter (melted)
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla

Streusel:
1/2 brown sugar packed
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon of apple pie spice

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F, and grease a 8x3in round pan. Melt 3/4 cup of butterscotch chips in a glass dish in the microwave. Try at about 30 seconds and do more as needed. The butterscotch chips might not fully melt but will at least meld together and become more pliable. Set aside. Melt the butter in the microwave as well and set aside.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugars, baking powder, cinnamon, and apple pie spice. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, melted butter, eggs, vanilla, and melted butterscotch chips. Gradually add the pumpkin mixture to the flour mixture until well combined.

For the streusel, in a small bowl combine the brown sugar, pecans, cinnamon, and apple pie spice.

Pour half of the cake batter into the pan, then cover in streusel and finally pour the rest of the cake batter over top. Pop it into the oven at 350 F for about 60 mins. Check at 50 mins.

Remove from the oven and let rest about 10 mins in the pan before flipping over to finish cooling.

When cake is completely cool, sprinkle it with powdered sugar and enjoy!