Delicious Pumpkin Cake with Chocolate

This delicious pumpkin cake recipe with cinnamon and loads of chocolate, is all you need this fall! This recipe is super easy to make & so delicious - let's get started!

Ingredients

300g pumpkin

150g softened butter

2 eggs

150g sugar

2 tsp. vanilla extract

300g flour

2 tsp. baking powder

150g dark chocolate

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

a pinch of nutmeg

a pinch of grounded cloves

Method

Peel pumpkin, remove seeds & cut into pieces. Cook in a small pot of water, until soft. Drain water & work into puree with a handheld blender. Set aside and allow to cool off a little. Beat up softened butter, sugar & eggs until creamy. Mix flour, spices, baking powder & vanilla extract and add into the bowl. Add in pumpkin puree and combine.

Heat the oven to 180°C. Grease a springform with butter & line with parchment paper. Fill the batter into the tin & smooth down. Bake in preheated oven for about 45 minutes, until golden brown. Allow to cool off completely, before removing from the tin. Chop chocolate roughly & melt over a waterbath. Pour the chocolate over the cake & cover with chocolate.