Pumpkin Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

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Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is a soft, moist, made from scratch and frosted with a simple, silky cream cheese frosting! This is such an EASY cake but looks so divine. You are going to love this decadent but light cake. It’s perfect for any occasion. It’s the perfect ending to any meal whether it’s Melt in Your Mouth Pot Roast, Grilled Hawaiian Chicken or a simple Tuna Melt Sandwich. It works for all occasions!

Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This is such an easy recipe, and looks so fancy, yet anyone can make it and everyone loves it. The butter and oil create a moistness and tenderness to the cake that is beyond normal. It’s dense and rich and perfect for pumpkin season. This Pumpkin Cake is flavored with white and brown sugar, a whole Tablespoon of vanilla extract, pumpkin spice, and additional cinnamon. And then there’s that cream cheese frosting..

Pumpkin Cake Ingredients

Butter and Canola: For moisture and richness Sugar and Brown Sugar: Sweetness and flavor Eggs: Provides structure and moisture Vanilla: Adds flavor Pumpkin Puree: Make sure it’s not pumpkin pie filling Milk: Extra moisture and texture Flour: All purpose flour provides the structure for a perfect crumb Baking Powder and Baking soda: Rising agents Salt: Balances the sweet Pumpkin spice and Cinnamon: The best spices with pumpkin

Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream cheese: Use block style cream cheese Butter: Adds taste and texture Powdered Sugar: Sift the powdered sugar for easy mixing Vanilla bean, or Extract: Vanilla bean is exquisite but extract works too. Salt: Balances the sweet. Heavy Cream: Adds creaminess and spread-ability

Making The Perfect Cake

Cream Cheese Frosting

Tips and Variations for Pumpkin Cake

Size: The recipe for this pumpkin cake is a pretty simple one, it makes two 8″ layers (though you could use 9″ pans as well, just plan to decrease the baking time by a few minutes)You can also use a 9×13. Frosting: If you want to frost your whole cake, you may want to use a slightly more stable frosting, which you can achieve by leaving out the heavy cream and increasing the powdered sugar as needed. Pumpkin: Feel free to use fresh homemade pumpkin puree. Blend the puree well to make sure it’s not lumpy. Pumpkin Spice: This can usually be found with the spices in your store. You can easily make your own however. Mix 1 ½ teaspoons of cinnamon with ⅛ teaspoon each of nutmeg, ginger, cloves and allspice.

Storing This Amazing Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Store: Store this cake covered in the fridge for up to 4-5 days. Because of the cream cheese frosting and cream, it’ll be best stored in the fridge. Freeze: You can freeze completely cooled, unfrosted cakes for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge and frost cold to help the frosting go on smoothly.

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