Servings: 1 cake servings Prep: 20 min Cook: 50 min

Try this delicious walnut studded pumpkin cake with a decadent cream cheese frosting: a lighter option for a homemade dessert during the holidays! This easy to make, from scratch cake is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Recipe and photo courtesy of Kaila from Healthy Helper.

Ingredients

1 cup Whole Wheat Flour or Organic Whole Wheat Flour
1 cup Organic Unbleached White All-Purpose Flour
1 can Pumpkin Puree 15 ounce can
1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Walnuts roughly chopped
1 cup Coconut Sugar
1/2 cup Applesauce
1/2 cup Walnut Oil
3 Egg Whites
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 cup Molasses

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350°F and butter/flour a 9-inch cake pan. Set aside.
In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flours, pumpkin pie spice, salt and baking soda). Mix well.
In another bowl, whisk together the applesauce, oil, egg whites, pumpkin, molasses, coconut sugar and vanilla.
Add the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
Fold in the walnuts and then pour batter into prepared cake pan.
Bake for about 50 minutes, or until the cake starts to pull away from sides of pan.
Let cool for 10 minutes and then invert on a plate and let cool all the way.
Frost as desired.