Maple Glazed Pumpkin Ring

Ingredients

1 1/2 c all purpose flour
1 ts baking soda
1 ts cinnamon
1/4 ts allspice
1/4 ts salt
1/2 c butter
3/4 c packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 c pack pumpkin
3/8 c maple syrup
1 ts pure vanilla extract

Instructions

-----------------------------------GLAZE----------------------------------1 c Confectioners' sugar 2 tb Sour cream 1 tb Maple syrup 1 tb Fresh lemon juice 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 6 1/2-cup capacity ring mold. Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt; set aside. 2. Beat butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer until light. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stop mixer and add pumpkin, syrup and vanilla. Mix in on low speed. Add dry ingredients and fold in with a rubber spatula. 3. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pan 5 minutes then carefully loosen from sides of pan with a small knife Invert onto a wire rack placed over a sheet of waxed paper. 4. Meanwhile, prepare glaze. Sift confectioners' sugar into a medium bowl.

Add remaining ingredients and mix until smooth. Spoon over warm cake, letting glaze drip down sides. Cool completely. Chicago Tribune 10/28/93. ----