Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Yield: makes one 9 by 13-inch cake
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 3 eggs; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice; 2 1/3 cups flour; 8 ounces cream cheese, softened; 2 tablespoons butter, softened; 3 cups confectioners’ sugar; 2 tablespoons milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla

December 9, 2011

I love pumpkin in just about any form, but put it in a cake with cream cheese frosting, and there’s no holding me back. This cake is perfect to bring to a hang-out night with your friends or for you and your roomies to munch on for dessert. Or breakfast! Hey, pumpkin is a fruit and cake has grain and dairy products . . . sounds like breakfast to me.

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