I have been married to a wonderful Christian man since 1976. The Lord has blessed us with two daughters and two sons. I consider each day the Lord gives me on the earth yet another chance to serve Him.

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Pumpkin Cake with Maple Frosting

Yummy!  If you love pumpkin, you are going to love this.  Very moist and light.






PUMPKIN CAKE with MAPLE FROSTING

(serves 12)

Cake Ingredients:
*2 cups all-purpose flour
*1 cup cake flour
*1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
*1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
*1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
*1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
*1/2 teaspoon salt
*3/4 cup butter, softened
*2 cups granulated sugar
*3 large eggs
*2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
*1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
*1/4 cup oil
*1 cup whole milk

Frosting Ingredients:
*2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
*1 cup butter, softened
*1 teaspoon maple flavoring
*2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
*7 cups powdered sugar
*1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Cake Directions:
~Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
~Grease and flour 3, 8-inch pans.
~In a large bowl, mix all purpose flour, cake flour, baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt.
~In large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
~Beat in eggs one at a time.
~Mix in vanilla, pumpkin puree and vegetable oil.
~Mix in flour mixture, and milk alternately into pumpkin mixture.
~Pour batter evenly into prepared cake pans.
~Bake for 35-40 minutes until done
~Remove pans from oven.
~Allow cakes to cool for 10 minutes
~Remove from pans.
~Wrap each layer with plastic wrap.
~Freeze for 40-60 minutes.

Frosting Directions:
~In a large mixing bowl, cream cheese and butter util smooth.
~Mix in maple flavoring, vanilla and cinnamon.
~Beat in powdered sugar  and beat until smooth.
~Place first layer of cake on a cake pan.
~Apply about 3/4 cup of frosting over top of cake.
~Add second layer of cake.
~Apply another 3/4 cup of frosting over top of cake.
~Add final layer of cake.
~Frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting.
~Sprinkle pecans over top of cake (optional).
~Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

1 comment:

luisa mannoni said...

Wonderfull. I cannot resist, I'm going to prepare it.! Thank you very much