1/4cuplemon juice, freshly squeezed will make the very best glaze
dash of salt
Topping:
fresh whipped cream or vanilla ice cream
Instructions
For Cake:
In a large bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer, add eggs, oil, molasses, and sour cream. Mix until ingredients are smooth. If a few lumps of sour cream remain, they will be blended in when the dry ingredients are added.
Add the sugar, flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, soda, and salt into the bowl with the wet ingredients. Mix all at once, just until wet and dry ingredients are incorporated.
Spoon batter into a greased 9x13-inch baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Do not overbake!
A few minutes before the cake is done, prepare the sauce.
Sauce:
Mix butter, sugar, lemon juice, and salt in a small saucepan. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until the sugar dissolves. Let the sauce come to a boil, stirring occasionally. Boil for about one minute.
Pour sauce over the warm cake immediately after removing from oven. If serving later, make the sauce and warm it up before serving, then spoon over the cake or over each individual piece just before serving.
Cake is best served when warm, with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream and cinnamon sprinkled on top.
Notes
Pour the oil into the measuring cup first and then into the mixing bowl. Then use the same cup to measure the molasses. The molasses will slide out easily after the oil has coated the cup!
Make sure to check after baking 25 minutes. This cake bakes quickly and will dry out if overbaked.
If the cake has cooled before serving, heat up individual pieces for about 15 seconds in the microwave, then top with whipped cream.
This cake is best served within 8 hours of baking.
Make your own pumpkin pie spice for a fraction of the cost of pre-mixed pumpkin pie spice. Recipe here.
This cake freezes well. Let cool and wrap pan with plastic wrap. Freeze until ready to use. On day of serving, remove from freezer and let sit at room temp for 2-3 hours. Prepare glaze and pour over each slice as served.