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Spiced Pumpkin Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

From ingredients to enjoyment, this recipe makes it easy to create something wonderful.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 15
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Spiced Pumpkin Cake:
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder `
  • 1 ¾ tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ¾ tsp nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp cloves
  • ⅛ tsp dried ginger
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 (15 oz) can of pumpkin puree **Not Pumpkin pie filling
  • 1½ cups white sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tbsp real maple syrup
Maple Cream Cheese Frosting:
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
  • 6 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tbsp real maple syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon

Instructions

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  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9 x 13 baking pan with cooking spray.
  2. Make the pumpkin cake by combining the flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, clove, ginger, and salt together in a bowl until well combined.
  3. In another large bowl, beat the pumpkin puree, white sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs together with a mixer until creamy and smooth, about 45-60 seconds.
  4. Gradually add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture until the batter comes together and there are only a few lumps. Add the maple syrup and stir to combine. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan.
  5. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or when a wooden tester inserted in the center comes out with moist, not wet, crumbs. Remove from the heat and cool on a wire rack completely.
  6. Make the maple cream cheese frosting by combining the powdered sugar, butter, cream cheese, pure maple syrup, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Beat with a hand mixer until creamy and smooth.
  7. Spread the frosting over the cooled cake and serve.
  8. Refrigerate the remaining cake in a sealed container.  Enjoy.