• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

The Nifty Foodie

  • Home
  • About
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Beverages
    • Breads/Muffins
    • Breakfast
    • Canning
    • Desserts
    • Dog Treats
    • Entertaining/Parties
    • Fruit
    • Holiday Recipes
    • Louisiana Cuisine
    • Main Dishes
    • Mexican
    • Nifty Foodie Original
    • Nifty Tricks
    • Project Food Blog
    • Pumpkin
    • Salads
    • Sauces/Dips
    • Side Dishes
    • Skinny
    • Slow Cooker
    • Spices
    • Stews/Soups
    • The Disasters
  • My Weight Loss Journey
    • Races
    • Running
    • Weight Loss Milestones
  • Crafts
  • Contact Me
You are here: Home / Cakes/Cupcakes / Pumpkin Cake with Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Cake with Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting

December 3, 2008 by Amy 3 Comments

My office, before Thanksgiving, had a potluck dinner. We were asked to bring a dish, so of course, I was ready and eager to bake! I found this great pumpkin cake recipe off of Culinary Concoctions by Peabody and went to work!

Pumpkin Cake
Source: Culinary Concoctions by Peabody

Ingredients:

¼ pound unsalted butter (1 stick)
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground cloves
½ tsp ground nutmeg (used 1 1/4 tsp. Penzey’s cake spice)
½ tsp salt
¾ cup 100% natural solid pack pumpkin
½ cup nonfat buttermilk
½ cup tightly packed light brown sugar
½ cup sugar
2 large eggs
½ tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

  • Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan. Combine together in a medium bowl flour, baking soda, spices, and salt. Set aside.
  • Place pumpkin and buttermilk in a small bowl and combine thoroughly. Set aside.
  • In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment cream together the butter and sugars. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl .
  • Increase speed to high and beat an additional 2 minutes. Scrape down the bowl. Add the eggs and beat on medium for 30 seconds. Add the vanilla and beat on high for 30 seconds. With mixer on low alternate adding the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients into the mixing bowl.
  • Mix until just combined. Remove the bowl from the mixer and use a rubber spatula to finish mixing the batter, until smooth and thoroughly combined.
  • Immediately pour the cake into the prepared pan, spreading evenly. Bake on the center rack of a preheated 325F oven for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and cool in the pan for 15 minutes at room temperature.
  • Invert cake onto a plate or cake circle. Turn the cake upright and refrigerate until needed.

I knew I wanted a cream cheese frosting for my cake. So, I adapted a Cream Cheese frosting recipe I found off of Allrecipes. I added 2 tsp. of Penzey’s cake spice to the frosting and mmm, it was good!

Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting
adapted from: Allrecipes

Ingredients:

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tsp. cake spice (mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, etc.)

Directions:

In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioners’ sugar. Store in the refrigerator after use.

Overall, this was a very well received cake. Coworkers loved it (as did I, obviously). What? Someone has to taste test the tops!! Mmm…

 

Filed Under: Cakes/Cupcakes, Pumpkin

Previous Post: « Oven “fried” Chimichangas
Next Post: Banana Bread »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Carrie says

    December 3, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    That looks yummy!

    Reply
  2. Melissa says

    December 4, 2008 at 2:31 am

    I really want to make this cake, but just waiting for the right occasion! I wish someone would have a birthday already! 🙂

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Birthday Cake-Palooza « Skinny Food By Amy says:
    October 26, 2009 at 1:12 pm

    […] also made a different cream cheese frosting than the recipe indicates, which was inspired by this recipe which I used last […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Hey Y’all!

Image Credit: Leslie Pendleton Photography

 

Hey y’all!

Thanks so much for reading! I’m Amy, and I live in south Louisiana with my husband and our rescue dog. I enjoy sharing my love for cooking, baking, crafts & more! Follow my daily adventures on social media!

Follow my Daily Adventures

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Footer

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Archives

Copyright © 2021 · Foodie Pro Theme by Shay Bocks · Built on the Genesis Framework · Powered by WordPress