Pumpkin Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
This pumpkin cake is a moist, delicious layer cake with a rich cream cheese frosting. It's an excellent festive dessert for holiday dinners and parties.
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- Serves: 16 persons
Ingredients
- For the Cake:
- 2cups sugar
- 1cup vegetable oil
- 4large eggs
- 2cups (9 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 2teaspoons baking soda
- 2teaspoons cinnamon
- ½teaspoon ground ginger
- 1teaspoon baking powder
- ½teaspoon salt
- 2cups pumpkin puree (or cooked mashed pumpkin, canned is fine)
- For the Frosting:
- 1pound (about 3 3/4 cups before sifting) powdered sugar
- ¼cup butter (room temperature)
- 8ounces cream cheese ( room temperature )
- 2teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½cup pecans (chopped)