Pumpkin, Pine Nut, and Honey Cake

Pumpkin, Pine Nut, and Honey Cake

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 225  g self-raising flour
• 1  teaspoon ginger
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 175  g butter
• 100  g sugar
• 100  g honey
• 2  eggs
• 150  g pumpkin
• 100  g pine nuts
• 50  g icing sugar

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease a 23cm round cake tin and line the base with baking paper.
2. Sift the flour, ginger and cinnamon together.
3. Beat the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the honey and beat again.
4. Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding a spoonful of the flour mixture with each.
5. Fold in the rest of the flour, the grated pumpkin and pine nuts. Spoon into the cake tin and level the top.
6. Bake for 45-55 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly pressed. Cool on a wire rack.
7. Mix the icing sugar with 1.5tsp water and drizzle on top.