Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese and Streusel Topping
An extremely moist pumpkin cake packed with lots of pumpkin spice flavor. As easy to make cake with loads of texture and although easy to make, its a special Fall dessert.
Servings 8
Cost $6
Ingredients
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree canned or fresh
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
Tangy Cream Cheese Frosting Layer Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Streusel Topping Ingredients
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp baking powder
Instructions
How to Make Pumpkin Spice Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350. Grease a square 8 inch pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper.
- We will start by mixing together each layer of the pumpkin dessert, then put it all together at the end before placing it in the oven. This is a great recipe with layers that bake all together.
Step 1 - Mixing Pumpkin Cake Batter
- In a large bowl, combine the wet ingredients, pumpkin, egg, sugar, oil, and vanilla in a mixing bowl.
- In a second bowl stir together the dry ingredients, flour, salt, soda, baking powder, and spices.
- Set aside.
Step 2 - Cream Cheese Layer
- In a medium bowl with the paddle attachment, mix the cream cheese, and white sugar, and beat until creamy. Add the vanilla extract, mix again, and set aside.
Step 3 -Mixing Streusel Layer
- In a separate bowl mix the butter with the two sugars until blended. Add the flour, then add the baking powder and spices to the flour mixture.
- Mix until the crumbs are the size of small peas. Set aside.
Step 4 - Assembling the Pumpkin Cake Layers
- This pumpkin is a bit different than other sheet cakes, the layers are all placed onto the cake sheet and baked at once. For the pumpkin cake bottom layer, mix the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture. Mix until just combined and transfer the wet batter to the 8 by 8-inch prepared pan. Spread evenly.
- For the middle cream cheese frosting layer. Place spoonfuls of the cream cheese mixture over the pumpkin batter.
- Lightly spread the cream cheese over the pumpkin batter in a thin layer, making sure not to combine the layers into a swirl.
- Place the streusel crumbs evenly over the top and place in the oven.
- Bake at 350 for 40-45 min Let cool before slicing.
