Pumpkin Spice Cake with Orange Sauce

This makes for a very good non-dairy dessert or snack.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup margarine, softened
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 2  large eggs
• 3⁄4 cup  mashed, cooked pumpkin
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
•  powdered sugar

• Orange Sauce

• 1⁄3 cup light brown sugar
• 1  tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 1⁄2 cups  orange juice
• 1  teaspoon lemon juice

Directions

1. Beat margarine at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
2. Gradually add sugar, beating well.
3. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
4. Stir in pumpkin and vanilla.
5. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to sugar mixture, beating at low speed until blended after each addition.
6. Pour into a greased and floured 9-inch round cakepan.
7. Bake at 350F degrees 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
8. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan, and cool on a wire rack.
9. Place a paper doily over cake; sift powdered sugar through a wire-mesh strainer over doily.
10. Remove doily, and serve with Orange Sauce.
11. To make the Orange Sauce----------.
12. Whisk together all ingredients in a heavy saucepan until blended.
13. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, whisking constantly; boil, whisking constantly, 1 minute.