Ingredients
- 3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- tablespoon sunsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon spumpkin pie spice, divided
- cup sall-purpose flour
- teaspoon sbaking powder
- teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup swhite sugar
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- large eggs, at room temperature
- cup scan ned pumpkin puree
- cup sour cream, at room temperature
- teaspoon svanilla extra ct
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10 cup fluted tube pan, such as Bundt®.
- Mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, and 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice in a small bowl until mixture resembles wet sand. Set aside.
- Whisk together flour, remaining 2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until thoroughly combined in a second bowl.
- Cream white sugar and 3/4 cup butter until light and fluffy in a third, large bowl. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in pumpkin, sour cream, and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Add flour mixture in 3 additions, beating after each addition until just combined and taking care not to overmix.
- Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture evenly over batter. Pour in remaining batter and smooth into an even layer.
- Place pan into the preheated oven and bake until a bamboo skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs, about 60 minutes. Allow cake to cool in pan 30 minutes before gently running a knife around the edges to loosen, and remove to a wire rack to cool completely.