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Spiced Pumpkin Cake

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Spiced Pumpkin Cake- a moist pumpkin traybake cake topped with cream cheese icing and spiced with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Perfect for serving at Bonfire Night or Halloween. It's that time of year again, in the build up to Halloween and Bonfire Night, that we all start searching for 'pumpkin recipes' and 'things to make with pumpkin'. There's always the stand-by classics of Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Soup, but if you're bored of those, or looking for something different, then this Spiced Pumpkin Cake might do the trick. It's traybake style, so it's perfect for sharing at a Halloween or Bonfire Night party. You might have bought a pumpkin this year, for carving, and are wondering whether you can use the flesh from inside your Halloween pumpkin to bake with. The answer is- not usually. The pumpkins that are sold for carving, tend to be the types with thinner skins, which makes them easier to carve. They are not known for having good flavour and textur