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Calling all Pumpkin lovers! You're going to love this recipe for pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting. This pumpkin spice cake with a homemade cream cheese frosting has the simplicity of a sheet cake with all the yummy flavors of pumpkin spice.

Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Angela Sellari
Calling all Pumpkin lovers! You're going to love this recipe for pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting. This pumpkin spice cake with a homemade cream cheese frosting has the simplicity of a sheet cake with all the yummy flavors of pumpkin spice.
4.67 from 3 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 727 kcal

Ingredients
  

Bars

  • 1 2/3 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 1 15 ounce can pumpkin
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Frosting

  • 8 ounce cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 3 - 4 cups confectioner sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9 x 13 pan.
  • Mix the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin with a mixer until light and fluffy.
  • In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
    dry ingredients
  • Add dry mixture to wet mixture and mix until incorporated and smooth.
  • Pour batter into baking dish and level with a spatula.
    pumpkin batter in a pan
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
  • Allow cake to cool and top with frosting.

To make frosting

  • Combine cream cheese and butter in bowl, and mix until smooth.
  • Slowly add sugar until you have reached desired consistency.
  • Stir in vanilla.
    Pumpkin Bars Recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 727kcalCarbohydrates: 118gProtein: 6gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 6gSodium: 452mgFiber: 2g
Keyword pumpkin cake, pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting
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