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PUMPKIN CAKE WITH CARAMEL CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Ingredients
- Pumpkin Cake
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting
- 12 tablespoons butter, divided
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
- 5 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 12 ounces cream cheese
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 3/4 cups toasted pecan halves, broken into pieces
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9-inch pans with vegetable shortening/ flour mixture. Line the pans with parchment paper and grease the parchment paper as well. Dust the pans with flour and shake out excess flour from pans.
- Prepare the cake: In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and cloves. Set aside.
- Cream the butter with both sugars for 3 minutes on medium high speed until light and fluffy, scraping down the bowl periodically. Add the eggs and mix until combined.
- With the mixer on low speed, add 1/4 cup of the cream then 1/2 of the dry ingredients. Mix in the remaining cream and finally the rest of the dry ingredients.
- Add the vanilla extract and pumpkin puree. Mix only until smooth.
- Divide the batter into the pans. Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 30 minutes. Remove pans from the oven and cool on a rack for 10 minutes. Flip pans out onto another cooling rack and then invert cakes to cool completely on a rack.
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