Pumpkin gooey butter cake from Milk Bar Life: Recipes and Stories (page 82) by Christina Tosi

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  • ash_2fquo3 on January 25, 2026

    Easy (Tosi has some very technical, component intensive recipes) and extremely tasty. I think I would try the heavy spiced version and increase the salt. Homemade pumpkin puree really stood out in this, it gets lost in a lot of cake or muffin recipes.

  • coryelizabeth on October 08, 2018

    So ridiculously good....and with that amount of butter, how could you go wrong? I felt that the pumpkin mixture needed some extra salt and cinnamon. I also added a dash of espresso powder to balance all the flavors. These were easy and a total hit!

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