Ingredients

  • 34 cup white chocolate chips
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 34 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 12 teaspoons vanilla
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 (16 ounce) can pumpkin
  • 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 12 teaspoon maple extract
  • 2 -3 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 18 teaspoon salt

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Grease and flour a large bundt pan.
  • To prepare filling, place white chips in microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds, stir and repeat until chips are melted.
  • Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla into melted chips.
  • Set aside.
  • In medium bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon.
  • Set aside.
  • In large bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
  • Beat in vanilla.
  • Beat in eggs, one at a time then continue beating for one minute until mixture is light.
  • Stir in pumpkin.
  • By hand or on low speed, stir in flour mixture.
  • Pour 1/3 of cake mixture into bundt pan.
  • Pour filling over that, keeping filling away from the sides of the pan.
  • Pour remaining batter over the filling.
  • Bake 55 minutes or until cake pulls away from sides of pan.
  • Let cake cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.
  • Cake should cool completely before glazing.
  • To prepare glaze, stir together powdered sugar, maple syrup, maple extract and 2 tablespoons of cream and salt.
  • Beat until smooth.
  • If glaze is too thick, use remaining tablespoon of cream.
  • Drizzle over cooled cake.
  • Store cake in refridgerator.