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Pumpkin Spice Cake, Gluten free Pumpkin Spice Cake

Pumpkin Spice Cake

Claire Bahn
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Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • Cake:
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups regular wheat flour or gluten-free 1-to-1 cake flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
  • Frosting:
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
  • 3 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Grease and lightly flour 2 8x1 1/2 inch round cake pans, set pans aside. In a medium bowl stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, cloves and ginger aside.
  • In a mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high-speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and vanilla, until combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine pumpkin and buttermilk in a bowl. Set aside. Alternately add flour and buttermilk/pumpkin mixture to the butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined. Then pour into prepared cake pans.
  • Bake in a 350° oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Remove from oven and place directly into freezer for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist.
  • For the frosting: In a large bowl, cream 1/2 cup butter and cream cheese until smooth. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add confectioners sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high until frosting is smooth. Spread on cooled cake.