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pumpkin gingerbread layer cake with cream cheese frosting

(6 ratings)
rhinemaidens3 avatar
Blue Ribbon Recipe by
Laurie Sanders
@rhinemaidens3
Seattle, WA

This recipe makes nice loaves, muffins or cake. It is lovely and moist.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

Love gingerbread and pumpkin? This cake is for you. The gingerbread cake is super moist with a delicious pumpkin flavor. You taste a bit of spiciness from the cake, but the flavors are balanced by the cool, sweet tang of the yummy cream cheese frosting. If you're looking for a real gingerbread cake for the holiday's this is it. You will not be disappointed. Super yummy!

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
(6 ratings)
yield 10 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 40 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For pumpkin gingerbread layer cake with cream cheese frosting

  • CAKE
  • 3 c
    white sugar
  • 1 c
    vegetable oil
  • 4 lg
    eggs
  • 2/3 c
    water
  • 16 oz
    can of pumpkin (or 2 cups)
  • 2 tsp
    ground ginger
  • 1 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 1 tsp
    nutmeg
  • 1 tsp
    cloves
  • 1 tsp
    allspice
  • 3 1/2 c
    all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • FROSTING
  • 1/2 c
    butter
  • 8 oz
    cream cheese
  • 1 tsp
    pure vanilla extract
  • 4 c
    powdered sugar

How To Make pumpkin gingerbread layer cake with cream cheese frosting

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Oil, eggs, and water in a mixing bowl.
    2
    In a large bowl mix together sugar, oil, eggs and water.
  • Mixing in pumpkin and spices.
    3
    Beat in the pumpkin and the spices.
  • Adding dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture.
    4
    Mix dry ingredients together and slowly add to pumpkin mixture. Stir until just blended.
  • Pouring batter into baking pans.
    5
    Pour into two well greased 8 or 9-inch cake pans and bake 30-40 minutes until they test done.
  • Two cakes cooling.
    6
    Cool completely.
  • Beating butter and cream cheese together for frosting.
    7
    For the frosting, beat the butter and cream cheese together until well combined.
  • Adding vanilla to cream cheese and butter.
    8
    Then add in the vanilla.
  • Adding powdered sugar to cream cheese and butter.
    9
    Slowly add in the powdered sugar.
  • Beating mixture until smooth.
    10
    Beat until smooth.
  • Top sliced off the cake to make the cake flat.
    11
    Put the bottom cake on a plate (you may need to slice off the top of each cake to make the flat).
  • Frosting one layer of the cake.
    12
    Frost the top of the bottom cake
  • Placing the second layer on top and frosting.
    13
    Then place the second cake on top.
  • Frosting the cake.
    14
    Frost entire cake. Cut it and eat it!
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