Pumpkin Pecan Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

Pumpkin Pecan Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

This pumpkin pecan cake with cinnamon buttercream frosting is the perfect fall dessert. Full of pumpkin deliciousness, topped with a yummy cinnamon buttercream frosting, this pumpkin cake is the perfect cake to start off the Fall season.

Homemade Pumpkin Cake

Making this homemade pumpkin cake recipe is easy and the smell throughout the house, while this delicious cake is baking, smells amazing! This pumpkin cake is so moist and the flavor is incredible then topped with this delicious buttercream frosting just takes this cakeover the top.

Made From Scratch Easy Pumpkin Cake

Making this easy pumpkin cake from scratch is simple. start out using a large mixing bowl and beat shortening, sugar, eggs, vanilla and pumpkin puree until creamy. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together and set that aside. Mix the flour mixture into the pumpkin mixture and stir until well combined. Stir in walnuts then spoon into prepared pans. Fill ¾ full (mixture will be thick). Bake at 300° for approximately 1 hour 10 minutes or until a wooden tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool in the pans for about 10 minutes, then remove from pans and place of cooling rack to cool completely then frost.

Simple Pumpkin Cake Recipe

How To Make Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

Making this delicious cinnamon buttercream frosting is super easy. Just get a medium mixing bowl, add cream cheese and butter then beat until creamy. Add vanilla and cinnamon and mix well. Slowly add the powdered sugar and continue to beat until it’s nice and creamy. Frost once the cake has cooled completely. The cinnamon adds delicious flavor to this cream cheese buttercream frosting.

Easy Pumpkin Cake Recipe

An easy pumpkin layer cake with cream cheese frosting is one of the most moist and delicious cakes ever. There’s just something about pumpkin recipes that we cannot get enough of. This easy pumpkin cake recipe is one that the whole family will fall in love with.

Try This Pumpkin Pecan Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting Today

Here are a few more delicious desserts you can find on the blog: Gingerbread Cake with Cinnamon Molasses Frosting, Cranberry Orange Pecan Crisp, Apple Walnut Crepes, Chocolate Walnut Fudge, Apple Pecan Monkey Bread, plus many, many more.

Pumpkin Cake Recipe

Pumpkin Pecan Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Course Cake, Desserts

Cuisine American

Calories

Ingredients

  

For the Pumpkin Pecan Cake

• 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ¾ tsp cloves
• ¾ tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 ⅓ cups shortening
• 2 ½ cups sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 15 oz can pumpkin puree
• 1 cup pecans, chopped

For the Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

• 8 oz cream cheese
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 300° and grease and flour (2) 9 inch cake pans. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat shortening, sugar, eggs, vanilla and pumpkin puree until creamy.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together. set aside.
• Mix flour mixture into pumpkin mixture until well combined. Stir in pecans. Spoon into prepared pans, ¾ full (mixture will be thick).
• Bake at 300° for approximately 60-70 minutes or until wooden tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and place of cooling rack.

For the Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

• In a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and butter together until creamy. Add vanilla and cinnamon, mix well.
• Slowly add powdered sugar and beat until creamy.
• Frost once cake has cooled completely. 

Keyword Fall Desserts, Holiday recipes, Pumpkin Cake, Pumpkin Recipes

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