Pumpkin Truffle Pound Cake with Browned Butter Icing I made this cake for Thanksgiving and high hopes for an awesome dessert as is turned out looking great. Unfortunately, when I cut a piece and took a bite it was honestly the driest cake I had ever eaten. Even with coffee it was too dry. The chocolate band turned out fine and the icing was okay but the pumpkin cake portion was inedible. After trying the cake, warned everyone else not to eat it and threw it away. I agree with the person below me...I just wasted 3 sticks of butter and 6 eggs. Such a disappointment.