Pound cakes have always been my favorite kind of cake. Yes it is very rich and buttery and calorie loaded but taste doesn't come without a price! I have already tried a plain eggless pound cake using silken tofu as an egg substitute.
While trying that recipe I felt that using just silken tofu made the pound cake a bit dense. At that time I hadn't tried my eggless blueberry pound cake yet and hadn't found out that a combination of yogurt and silken tofu as egg substitute works like magic in egg free cakes.
I really wanted to try that combination in a plain pound cake recipe again but didn't get a chance until now. Recently I stumbled upon this sweet potato pound cake recipe and I wanted to try it.
But I didn't have sweet potato or silken tofu but had serious cravings to bake this pound cake that day. Luckily remembered having a can of pumpkin puree and decided to bake it as pumpkin pound cake with Kefir as egg substitute. Didn't have enough yogurt too!
I have already baked this decadent egg free maple walnut cake using Kefir as egg substitute and was confident that this eggless pumpkin pound cake will turn out great too.
As expected the pumpkin pound cake turned out very well. I also loved the fact that it was not too sweet. The only thing I felt was I could have baked it for another 5 minutes at least. More on this in My Notes.
Overall this pumpkin pound cake is yet another fancy addition to your Thanksgiving menu if you think that this vegan pumpkin cake roll is not in your alley.
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Recipe
Eggless Pumpkin Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 2 cups granulated white sugar
- ¾ cup kefir or yogurt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups pumpkin puree
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Generously grease and flour a 10-inch fluted/bundt pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add Kefir in 3 additions, beating well after each addition. The mixture will look curdled but nothing to worry.
- Beat in the vanilla extract and vinegar too.
- In a medium sized bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add this flour mix to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the pumpkin puree too and combing well. If the batter is too sticky add in a tablespoon or two of water. But make sure that you don't make the batter too watery.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. I baked it for 55 minutes. (See My Notes)
- Remove the pan from the oven and let it cool on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes in the pan itself before removing the cake out of the pan. Slice and serve once it is completely cool.
My Notes
- It looked like the pound cake was a bit moist and under-cooked on the top side. The middle and bottom looked fine. I removed the cake from the oven when the toothpick inserted in the center of the cake came out clean but yet it was slightly under cooked. I guess it's because of the liquid content in the recipe and also bundt cakes especially pound cakes take a bit longer to bake fully.
- I guess another 5-8 minutes at least in the oven would have been perfect. I'm thinking we shouldn't worry about the cake becoming dry because of overcooking as it has enough liquid/moisture in it to hold up pretty well for that extended baking time.
NGO says
What can I use instead of kefir? Is the same as yougurt?
Also how to you make the pumpkin puree?
Thanks in advance.
Madhuram says
Yes, you can use yogurt or thick buttermilk instead of kefir. I bought canned pumpkin puree. You can also cook/boil pumpkin blend it smooth and use it.
Sudha Senthilvel says
Thankyou for the awesome and easy to follow recipe. Great results. Used home grown pumpkin to make my own puree for this. Just made a small change with the sugar....mix of raw sugar and coconut palm sugar syrup instead of white sugar. Scaled down recipe for 2 cups of flour and baked in a round tin for 55 mins. Tooth pick came clean when i tested in few spots to ensure uniform cooking.
Madhuram says
That's great to know, Sudha. Thank you very much for the feedback.
uma says
hi..i tried this cake..it had slight crumbs when i took it out of oven...when I cut it looked undercooked from the bottom...what could have gone wrong..pls guide
Madhuram says
Did you do the toothpick test, Uma? For how long did you bake?
Sarada says
If i have to bake this in a regular pan, what changes should I make to the recipe?
Madhuram says
The temperature would change and it depends upon the size of the pan you want to use. Also you might want to use two pans for this recipe.
james mwangi says
The pumpkin recipe was wonderful.
Madhuram says
You're welcome James.