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pumpkin cake

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
Deborah Welch
Newbern, TN

I love pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread but this cake is the best!

(2 ratings)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 45 Min

Ingredients For pumpkin cake

  • 1 1/4 c
    oil
  • 4
    eggs
  • 2 c
    sugar
  • 2 c
    pumpkin, canned or cooked
  • 2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 3 tsp
    cinnamon
  • CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
  • 8 oz
    cream cheese, softened
  • 1 stick
    butter or margarine
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • 1 box
    confectioners' sugar

How To Make pumpkin cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour one tube or Bundt pan.
  • 2
    In a mixing bowl, beat oil and eggs with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the sugar and pumpkin; beat well. Combine dry ingredients and slowly add this mixture to the egg mixture; mix until combined.
  • 3
    Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Let cool on a wire rack. Once cool, frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.
  • 4
    For frosting, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Add the box of confectioner's sugar and beat until fluffy.
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