Easy Pumpkin Tea Cake
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 1.75 cups all-purpose flour (230g)
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp plus 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp nutmeg, freshly grated
- 2 tsp ground cloves
- 1 cup pumpkin puree (255g)
- 1 cup vegetable oil such as safflower or sunflower (240g)
- 1-1/3 cup sugar, plus more for topping (265g)
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3 large eggs
Bourbon Hard Sauce
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature (115g)
- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar (125g)
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp (135ml) Bourbon, Cognac, or Armagnac
- a pinch of salt