Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Yield: Serves 16
Ingredients: 2 cups (10 ounces/283 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 1 teaspoon, ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon, ground allspice; 1 2/3 cups (11⅔ ounces/331 grams), granulated sugar; 1 cup, vegetable oil; 4 , large eggs; 1 , (15-ounce) can pumpkin puree; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces/170 grams), confectioners' sugar; 1 , (8-ounce) package cream cheese, cut into 8 pieces and softened; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2007

We balance the spices to let the pumpkin flavor shine through in this snack cake.

SERVES 16

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

Why This Recipe Works

This is a members' feature.