Pumpkin Squares With Cider Caramel Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

1) Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease 9 x 13 baking pan.
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) Bake for about 30 minutes Remove and cool completely, approximately 1 1/2 hours.
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) Remove the sauce from the heat and whisk in cream and butter. Let sauce cool slightly. add a pinch of salt to taste.
6) To serve: Cut out cake in 3\" squares. Top with a scoop of ice cream. Drizzle with sauce.