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Pumpkin Olive Oil Cake

LAST UPDATED: November 14, 2019 • FIRST PUBLISHED: November 7, 2019 • 3 Comments

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This pumpkin olive oil cake is as delicious as it is gorgeous. Full of rich pumpkin flavor and drizzled with a sweet maple glaze – your Thanksgiving guests will LOVE it! This cake is one of our new favorite Thanksgiving recipes!

an overhead shot of a pumpkin olive oil cake with a maple glaze

Aside from galettes, my next favorite baking dessert would be cakes. My Red Velvet Cake with Butter Roux Frosting, aka Waldorf Astoria Cake, is my ALL-TIME favorite cake! This pumpkin olive oil cake is another simple yet elegant Thanksgiving dessert that won’t have you pulling your hair out. Plus, the bundt pan does all the work when it comes to making this cake GORGEOUS! I’ve linked this bundt cake pan down below, too!

Ingredients needed

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 15oz pumpkin purée
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. milk
  • 2 Tbsp. pure maple syrup

How to make a pumpkin olive oil cake

an overhead shot of pumpkin olive oil cake batter in a bundt cake pan
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a stand mixer or large mixing bowl, add the eggs, oil, sugar, and pumpkin and mix on medium until smooth. Add in the flour, salt, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and pumpkin pie spice and mix again on medium until well-combined and smooth.
  3. Grease a 10-cup bundt pan and pour the cake batter into the pan – making sure it fills the pan evenly.
  4. Bake for 60 minutes.
  5. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes on a cooling rack. Then, place another cooling rack onto the open end of the bundt pan and carefully flip the pan and allow the cake to slide out of the pan and finish cooling on the cooling rack. Once cooled, transfer to a cake stand or serving platter.
  6. Right before serving, combine the powdered sugar, milk, and maple syrup in a small saucepan and heat over medium-low heat – whisking to combine. Once the glaze is warmed and smooth, carefully pour over the bundt cake and serve.
a woman pouring maple glaze over a pumpkin olive oil cake

Recipe FAQs and variations

What does olive oil cake taste like?

Don’t worry, you will not taste the olive oil in an olive oil cake. To me, the olive oil helps creates a dense, moist cake.

Can olive oil replace regular oil in a cake recipe?

Yes, olive oil is a 1 to 1 ingredient swap for any other cooking oil in a baking recipe.

Does butter or oil make a cake more moist?

Most bakers will agree, cakes made with oil tend to have a better texture than cakes made with butter. Oil-based cakes are also more moist and stay tender longer.

Recipe Tips

Time-saving tip – bake the cake the day before, then make the glaze right before serving, or make the glaze the day before and then reheat when ready to serve. If the glaze is too thick, add additional milk about 1 tsp. at a time.

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Pumpkin Olive Oil Cake


  • Author: Jennifer
  • Prep Time: 20
  • Cook Time: 60
  • Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
  • Yield: 10 1x
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Description

This pumpkin olive oil cake is as delicious as it is gorgeous. Full of rich pumpkin flavor and drizzled with a sweet maple glaze.


Ingredients

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  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 15oz pumpkin purée
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. milk
  • 2 Tbsp. pure maple syrup

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a stand mixer or large mixing bowl, add the eggs, oil, sugar, and pumpkin and mix on medium until smooth. Add in the flour, salt, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and pumpkin pie spice and mix again on medium until well-combined and smooth.
  3. Grease a 10-cup bundt pan and pour the cake batter into the pan – making sure it fills the pan evenly.
  4. Bake for 60 minutes.
  5. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes on a cooling rack. Then, place another cooling rack onto the open end of the bundt pan and carefully flip the pan and allow the cake to slide out of the pan and finish cooling on the cooling rack. Once cooled, transfer to a cake stand or serving platter.
  6. Right before serving, combine the powdered sugar, milk, and maple syrup in a small saucepan and heat over medium-low heat – whisking to combine. Once the glaze is warmed and smooth, carefully pour over the bundt cake and serve.

Notes

  • Time-saving tip – bake the cake the day before, then make the glaze right before serving, or make the glaze the day before and then reheat when ready to serve. If the glaze is too thick, add additional milk about 1 tsp. at a time.
  • Nutritional Disclaimer
  • Category: dessert
  • Cuisine: American

Keywords: pumpkin olive oil cake, Thanksgiving desserts, olive oil cake, pumpkin desserts

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Jennifer

Jennifer is the recipe developer and food photographer behind Wanderlust and Wellness since 2016. She creates easy, approachable gluten-free recipes for the everyday home cook; because cooking gluten-free doesn’t mean food has to be complicated or tasteless.

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  1. Racheal Hoaglan

    September 23, 2021 at 1:14 pm

    Do you think this lovely creation would work with an all purpose gluten free flour? I wouldn’t do GF if I didn’t have to ..

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    • Jennifer

      October 12, 2021 at 12:05 pm

      Yes!

      Reply

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