Ingredients
Cake
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 4 eggs
- 1.5 cups pumpkin puree
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
Frosting
- 12oz cream cheese (1.5 bricks), softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2.5 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and grease two 8inch cake pans.
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
- In a large bowl, using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat together butter and both sugars. Add in vanilla and eggs and beat until creamy. Then add pumpkin puree and mix.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to wet until all combined. Fold in mini chocolate chips.
- Divide cake batter into two pans, smooth out, and bake for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- While cakes are cooling, make frosting. Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat together cream cheese and butter. Slowly beat in powdered sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and vanilla until frosting is well combined.
- Add one layer of cooled cake to a cake stand and frost the top. Layer the second cake on top and frost top and sides of all cake. Slice and enjoy!
Category: dessert, cake, holiday, pumpkin
Method: oven
Cuisine: American