Pumpkin Cake Recipe

 

Taken last Fall at our favorite park: Woodward!

Fall, I have no patience to wait till Oct 1st to start celebrating these two glorious months! Pumpkin candles are burning, Fall decor is starting to make its appearance and the weather is starting to change, slowly. 

I had the urge to attempt to make a Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese roll, I'm going to be honest, it failed. But when something goes wrong the best thing to do is IMPROVISE! That's exactly what I did :) 

So, I rolled out my cake, stared at it in disappointment as the cake cracked slowly down the middle. But quickly got over it and made them into mini cakes. I was thrilled how well they turned out!! Don't let one thing ruin the dish, be creative and just fix the problem! 

''Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Mini Cakes'' 

Ingredients:

1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar

3/4 Cup All Purpose Flour

1/2 Tsp Baking Powder

1/2 Tsp Baking Soda

1/2 Tsp Ground Cinnamon

1/2 Tsp Pumpkin Spice

1/4 Tsp Salt

3 Large Eggs

1 Cup Grounded Sugar

2/3 Cup Pure Pumpkin (Libby's)

1 (8oz) Cream Cheese

1 Cup Powdered Sugar

1 Tsp Vanilla

 Directions: 

1.

Pre-Heat your oven to 375 degrees

2.

Grease a 15x10 cake pan, line with wax paper, grease and flour paper.

3.

 In a Medium size mixing bowl, Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, pumpkin spice, salt and set aside.

4.

Beat Eggs and Sugar in mixer until thick. Then beat in the pumpkin, followed by the flour mixture till well mixed. 

5. 

Pour evenly into your greased pan and bake for 13-15 minutes. (To know it is done, press finger into cake, if it springs back you are good to go!)

6. 

Let cake cool, then flip cake out onto a serving tray, clean counter or cutting board.

7.

Cut your pieces into squares, however big or small you want them? 

Cream Cheese Mixture:

Beat Cream Cheese, Vanilla, Powdered sugar, butter until smooth. 

8.

Place your cream cheese mixture in between layers and refrigerate. 

9.

Before serving, sprinkle a little powdered over the top of the cakes and ENJOY!

By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer. - Helen Hunt Jackson