Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Submitted by jschmitz on September 23, 2013 - 6:41pm
Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Summary

Yield
Prep Time15 minutes
CategoryDesserts
CuisineAmerican

Description

Lindsay's Birthday celebration always includes this Pumpkin Cake that has been decorated in MANY ways over the years.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 2 cups canned pumpkin
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp pumpkin spice
  • 2 cups flour (all purpose)
  • stick melted butter
  • 1 box confectioner's sugar (powdered)
  • 8 ozs cream cheese (8 oz packages), softened
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Combine sugar, eggs, oil, & pumpkin & mix until smooth. Stir cinnamon, baking soda, salt, pumpkin spice, flour and slowly blend with previous 4 wet ingredients.  Blend until well blended. Bake in a greased 13" x 9" pan @ 350 degrees for 35 mins. Test doneness with a toothpick. Cool cake before icing.

Slowly add confect. sugar to butter a little at a time. Blend in cream cheese then add vanilla.

 

Notes

May Prepare in 9x13 cake pan for 35 min. or 2 x 9 inch round pans for 20 min.

Adjust baking times accordingly and test doneness with toothpick.

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