Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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.
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
- 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.
- Add dry mixture to wet mixture and mix until incorporated and smooth.
- Pour batter into baking dish and level with a spatula.
- 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.
- Spread frosting over the top of the cake.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 727kcalCarbohydrates: 118gProtein: 6gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 76mgSodium: 452mgPotassium: 164mgFiber: 2gSugar: 99gVitamin A: 6233IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 95mgIron: 2mg
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