Description
Pumpkin Spice Cake with Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting is the ultimate fall dessert, combining warm spices and rich pumpkin flavor in every bite. This moist cake is crowned with a luscious brown sugar cream cheese frosting that elevates it to an irresistible treat. Perfect for holiday gatherings, cozy evenings, or just because, this cake brings comfort and festivity to your table. Easy enough for novice bakers to master, its beautiful presentation—enhanced with pumpkin seeds—makes it a showstopper at any occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 150 g white granulated sugar
- 150 g brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 180 ml vegetable oil
- 400 g pumpkin puree
- 230 g all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- â…› tsp ground black pepper
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 160 g cream cheese
- 220 g icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) and prepare your cake pan.
- Beat together eggs, vanilla extract, white sugar, and brown sugar until well combined.
- Mix in vegetable oil and pumpkin puree until smooth.
- In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and spices; gently fold into the wet mixture.
- Pour batter into the pan and bake for about an hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- For the frosting, melt butter and brown sugar together; cool before mixing with cream cheese and icing sugar until creamy.
- Decorate the cooled cake with frosting and optional pumpkin seeds.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 43g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 55mg