Pumpkin cider cake Archive

Ingredients

• 1 small pumpkin or squash (such as onion, crown prince and kabocha)
• butter, for greasing
• 250g/9oz light brown sugar
• 300g/10½oz pumpkin purée
• 100ml/3½fl oz medium dry cider
• 100ml/3½fl oz vegetable oil
• 2 large free-range eggs
• 250g/9oz plain flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• 75g/2¾oz unsalted butter, softened
• 200g/7oz full fat cream cheese, at room temperature
• 100g/3½oz icing sugar, sifted
• brown fondant (optional)