Name: Pumpkin Spice Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 3/4 cup salted butter, softened; 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed; 1 cup granulated sugar; 3 large eggs; 1 cup pumpkin puree; 1/2 cup buttermilk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 3 tsp pumpkin pie spice; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp baking soda; 8 oz cream cheese, softened; 1/4 cup salted butter, softened; 1 tbsp milk; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 4 cups confectioners sugar

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This Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese frosting is the perfect dessert for fall! Made with buttermilk, this cake has a light and moist texture. It’s great for family gatherings or office parties!

Ingredients Needed For Pumpkin Spice Cake

Pumpkin Spice Cake

salted butter
dark brown sugar
granulated sugar
large eggs
pumpkin puree
buttermilk
vanilla extract
all-purpose flour
baking powder
pumpkin pie spice
ground cinnamon
baking soda

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

cream cheese
salted butter
milk
ground cinnamon
vanilla extract
confectioners sugar

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How To Make Pumpkin Spice Cake

This cake will become your new favorite dessert for the holidays! It’s really easy to make, so let’s get started!

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13 x 9 baking pan with butter. Take the stick of butter, wrapping one end in the paper, rub the stick all around the inside of the baking pan. Then line the pan with parchment and butter the inside of the parchment as well.

Now in a large mixing bowl, beat the butter with an electric hand mixer until creamy. Then beat in the sugars. Add the eggs one at a time, beating between each addition. Set this bowl aside.

In a medium mixing bowl, beat together the pumpkin, buttermilk and vanilla. Set this bowl aside.

In another medium bowl, stir together the dry ingredients, the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice.

Now, alternating, add the flour and pumpkin mixture to the butter and sugar mixture. Beating well between each addition.

Pour the batter into the greased parchment lined pan. Bake for 32 – 35 minutes. Check with a toothpick at 32 minutes, bake until it comes out clean. Cool cake completely before icing.

To make icing, beat together the softened cream cheese and butter. Then beat in the vanilla and milk. Lastly, mix in the sugar and cinnamon. Beat until smooth. Frost the top of the cake.

Hope you enjoy!

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Pumpkin Spice Cake

Author: The Sweet Cucina
Total Time: 55 minutes
Yield: 18 servings 1x

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Instructions

Pumpkin Spice Cake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 13 x 9 pan with butter then line with parchment and grease the parchment.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter until creamy with an electric hand mixer.
Beat in the sugars and then add the eggs one at a time, mixing between each addition.
In a separate mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon.
In another separate bowl, beat together the pumpkin, buttermilk and vanilla.
Now, alternate adding the flour mixture and then the pumpkin mixture to the butter and sugar mixture, mixing between each addition.
Pour batter into greased pan and bake for 32 – 35 minutes, until toothpick is clean.
Completely cool before frosting the cake.