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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake
Erin Antoniak

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Layer Cake

5 from 2 votes
Take a bite into my pumpkin chocolate chip cake, made with pumpkin puree, mini chocolate chips, and a chocolate cream cheese icing. This recipe offers two tiers of deliciousness, perfect for a fall celebration or just-because treat. 
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 12 servings
Course: cake, Dessert, holiday, pumpkin
Cuisine: American
Calories: 706
Ingredients Method Nutrition

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
  • 12 oz 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

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350F and grease two 8inch cake pans.
  2. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
  3. 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.
  4. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet until all combined. Fold in mini chocolate chips.
  5. Divide cake batter into two pans, smooth out, and bake for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  6. 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.
  7. 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!

Nutrition

Calories: 706kcalCarbohydrates: 86gProtein: 8gFat: 39gSaturated Fat: 23gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 146mgSodium: 616mgPotassium: 228mgFiber: 3gSugar: 62gVitamin A: 5971IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 130mgIron: 3mg

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