Maple-Pumpkin Stack Cake

Name: Maple-Pumpkin Stack Cake
Yield: Makes one cake
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 ounces/213 grams), all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons, pumpkin pie spice; 1 teaspoon, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1 1/4 cups (8 3/4 ounces/248 grams), sugar; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 3 , large eggs; 1 (15 ounces/425 grams) can unsweetened, pumpkin puree; 1 1/2 cups, heavy cream, chilled; 1/4 cup, maple syrup; 1/4 cup, pecans, toasted and chopped

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Holiday
Thanksgiving

Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2012

Why stop at two? Spice up your holiday table this year with four layers of moist, tender pumpkin cake sandwiched with maple cream.

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SERVES Makes one cake

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 1 hour cooling

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