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Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Moist Pumpkin Spiced Cake with a Sweet Cream Cheese Frosting. The best Fall pumpkin layered cake recipe!  www.modernhoney.com #pumpkin #pumpkinrecipes #fall #ffallrecipes #pumpkincake

Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Moist Pumpkin Spiced Cake with a Sweet Cream Cheese Frosting. The best Fall pumpkin layered cake recipe!  

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 33 minutes
Servings 16
Author Modern Honey - www.modernhoney.com

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Oil (such as canola oil)
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 4 large Eggs
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla
  • (1) 15-ounce can Pure Pumpkin Puree
  • 1 teaspoon Pumpkin Spice
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Salt

Cream Cheese Frosting:

  • 1 cup Butter (softened)
  • (1) 8-ounce pkg. Cream Cheese (softened)
  • 4 to 4 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Heavy Cream or Milk
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla or Vanilla Bean Paste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, mix oil and sugar for 4 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and mix for 1 minute longer. Stir in pumpkin puree. 

  2. Fold in flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin spice, and salt. 

  3. Spray three 8-inch cake pans with non-stick cooking spray. Evenly pour the cake batter into each pan.  Bake for 18-23 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean. Let cool and then remove cakes from pans. Set aside. 

Cream Cheese Frosting:

  1. In a mixing bowl, cream together softened butter and cream cheese for 2-3 minutes. Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla. 

  2. Once the cake layers have cooled, spread each layer with cream cheese frosting.