Pumpkin Spice Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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A moist, delicious pumpkin cake made with yellow cake mix and topped with cream cheese frosting. This is my favorite cake, especially during the holidays. Ingredients:
1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix |
1/2 cup sugar |
1 teaspoon baking soda |
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger |
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin |
1 cup vegetable oil |
4 eggs |
1 cup chopped pecans (optional) |
1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened |
8 ounces cream cheese, softened |
4 cups powdered sugar |
2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
Directions:
1. Cake Directions:.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13 baking pan.
3. In a large mixing bowl, stir together cake mix, sugar, baking soda, cinammon and ginger.
4. Make a well in the center add pumpkin, oil and eggs. Beat on low speed until blended.
5. Scrape bowl and beat about 4 minutes on medium speed. Stir in chopped pecans if desired.
6. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 40 minutes or until toothpick placed in center of cake comes out clean.
7. Allow to cool completely and top with cream cheese frosting.
8. Frosting Directions:.
9. Beat softened butter and cream cheese until well blended. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until creamy. Spread on cake.
10. If making a round, stacked cake, make 1-1/2 to 2x the frosting, depending on how thick you like it.
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