Frosted chocolate pumpkin cake
16 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1¾ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| 2½ | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| 1¼ | teaspoon | Pumpkin pie spice |
| ½ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | cup | Packed brown sugar |
| ½ | cup | Butter; softened |
| 3 | Eggs | |
| 1 | cup | Solid pack canned pumpkin |
| ¾ | cup | Milk |
| ½ | (12-oz) Nestle Toll House Little Bits semi-sweet chocolate | |
| 1 | pack | (8-oz) cream cheese; softened |
| 2 | tablespoons | Butter; softened |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| ¾ | cup | Sifted confectioners' sugar |
| 2 | tablespoons | Nestle Toll House Little Bits semi-sweet chocolate |
| 2 | tablespoons | Finely chopped nuts |
Directions
CAKE
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
GARNISH
Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt; set aside. In large bowl, combine brown sugar and butter; beat until creamy. Beat in eggs and pumpkin.
Gradually beat in flour mixture alternately with milk. Stir in Nestle Toll House Little Bits semi-sweet chocolate. Pour into greased and floured 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Cool completely on wire rack.
Cream Cheese Frosting: In small bowl, combine cream cheese, butter an1 vanilla extract; beat until creamy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar; beat well.
Garnish: In cup, combine 2 tablespoons Nestle Toll House Little Bits semi-sweet chocolate and nuts.
Frost cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. Sprinkle with Garnish. Keep frosted cake refrigerated until ready to serve. Makes one cake.
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