Pumpkin Cake With Cream Cheese Icing Recipe

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This recipe has been in my family for years! We always called it “Pumpkin Squares” as my Mom would bake it in a 9″ x 13″ sheet pan, slather the top with cream cheese frosting, and cut into squares.  So delicious! I like to bake it in three 8″ round cake pans so that I can layer in more cream cheese icing, but you can do whatever you like!  It also works well for pumpkin cupcakes too.

Pumpkin Cake Recipe with Classic Cream Cheese Frosting

A simple, easy, and delicious pumpkin cake recipe to satisfy your Fall dessert cravings!

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Total Time 45 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 24

Equipment

• Stand or hand mixer

Ingredients

  

Cake

• 2 cups All-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking soda
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 2 teaspoons Ground cinnamon
• 2 cups Granulated sugar
• 4 Eggs
• 2 cups Pumpkin puree (NOT pumpkin pie filling) canned or fresh
• 3/4 cup Canola oil

Frosting

• 1 lb Cream Cheese, softened
• 4 cups Powdered Sugar
• 1 cup Salted Butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions

 

Cake

• Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit
• Line the bottom of three 8" round cake pans with parchment or wax paper and spray the sides with cooking spray
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt & cinnamon and sift together
• In the bowl of your stand mixer (or other mixing bowl if you're using a hand mixer), combine sugar, eggs, pumpkin puree, and oil. Mix on medium speed with the paddle attachment until fully incorporated.
• On low speed, slowly add the dry ingredient mixture to the wet ingredients.
• Increase speed on stand mixer to medium high for 2 minutes
• Pour cake batter evenly into your three prepared cake pans and bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes
• Remove cake from oven when it springs back lightly or when toothpick comes out clean
• Cool cakes in pans for 15 minutes before removing
• Remove cakes from pans, gently peel off parchment or wax paper, and wrap cakes tightly in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes before frosting
• Ice cakes with classic cream cheese icing and sprinkling the top with a cinnamon & sugar mixture
• Enjoy!

Frosting

• In a mixing bowl, use your stand mixer or hand mixer to cream together cream cheese and butter
• Gradually add powdered sugar and vanilla and mix on medium speed until fully incorporated and fluffy

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–Nicole

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