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Autumn Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Autumn Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Category

    Dessert

  • Cusine

    American

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon*

1 tsp ground nutmeg

1 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp allspice

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1 3/4 cups packed light-brown sugar

3/4 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

4 large eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup buttermilk**

1 cup chopped pecans

12 oz cream cheese

1/2 cup

3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 9-inch round baking pans well with non-stick baking spray then lightly dust with flour and shake out excess. Wrap cake strips around pan if you have them . Set pans aside. In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and cloves for 20 seconds, set aside. Pour brown sugar into the bowl of an electric stand mixer. Break up brown sugar with fingertips until no clumps remain. Pour in vegetable oil and applesauce, set mixer with paddle attachment and blend until well combined . Mix in eggs and vanilla. Add in 1/2 of the flour mixture and mix on low speed until combined, then blend in buttermilk, then add remaining 1/2 of the flour mixture and mix until well combined. Divide mixture evenly among two prepared baking pans. Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 28 - 32 minutes. Allow to cool in pans about 5 - 10 minutes then run a knife around edges to ensure cake is loose and invert upside down onto a wire rack to cool. Cool completely then level tops of cakes as needed. Frost with cream cheese frosting, sprinkle pecans around edges if desired.

In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream butter and cream cheese until smooth. Mix in powdered sugar and vanilla and mix until well blended***.