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Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings 8
Dessert
Canadian

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • 1-14 oz 398 mL can pumpkin puree
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup chopped pitted dates (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF.  Grease a 9x2" round cake pan.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, brown sugar, oil and eggs.
  • Make a well in the dry ingredients, then add pumpkin mixture and gently fold together with a flexible spatula until just combined.  Fold in dates, if using.  Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until top springs back when gently pressed and tester inserted in the centre comes out nearly clean (a few moist crumbs are ok).
  • Cool for 10 minutes in pan before inverting on a wire rack to finish cooling completely prior to frosting.
  • Cream Cheese Icing recipe HERE.