Pumpkin Squares With Cider Caramel Sauce

• Cake
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• /s tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon or 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup oil
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin or 2 cups fresh pumpkin puree
• 2 large eggs
• Cider Caramel Sauce
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 2/3 cup apple cider
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon butter
• salt
• Optional
• vanilla ice cream

1. 1) Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease 9 x 13 baking pan.
2. 2) Combine sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, spice, and salt in a large bowl. Add oil, pumpkin, and eggs. Whisk until evenly blended. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3. 3) Bake for about 30 minutes Remove and cool completely, approximately 1 1/2 hours.
4. 4) Just before serving, make the cider caramel sauce. In a medium saucepan, whisk together brown sugar and cornstarch. Add the cider and mix until dissolved in to the sugar mixture. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until large bubbles form (about 3 minutes). Reduce heat to low and allow sauce to simmer until thickens, (about 2 minutes).
5. 5) Remove the sauce from the heat and whisk in cream and butter. Let sauce cool slightly. add a pinch of salt to taste.
6. 6) To serve: Cut out cake in 3" squares. Top with a scoop of ice cream. Drizzle with sauce.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pumpkin-squares-with-cider-caramel-sauce-399121 (may not work)