Make your own pumpkin pie spice for a truly homemade dessert.
October 18, 2017
By MissHomemade.com
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Yield: 1 cake or 24 large cupcakes Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 60 minutes Total time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
Cake Ingredients:
¾ cup homemade unsalted butter , softened 2 ½ cups sugar 3 eggs 1 (15-ounce) can solid pack pumpkin, or make your own pumpkin puree 2 ⅓ cups flour 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ¾ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon ground ginger 1 cup buttermilk Frosting Ingredients:
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened ½ cup butter, softened 4 cups powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x13 cake pan.
2. For the cake batter, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy in a large bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pumpkin. Combine the flour, pie spice, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and ginger; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
3. Fill prepared cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes
4. For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla and cinnamon; beat until smooth. Frost cooled cake and refrigerate leftovers.
5. For cupcakes, fill tins ¾ full, and bake for approximately 20 minutes. This recipe makes 24 large (not jumbo) cupcakes.
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