A simply delicious pumpkin spice cake topped with cream cheese glaze! The pumpkin cake layer is moist and soft and very flavorful thanks to the array of spices! I then top it with a homemade cream cheese glaze that I just love! This is a recipe you are going to love! Make it with me!
Pumpkin Spice Cake
This cake recipe is one of my favorites because it is so easy to make and it turns out every single time! It really is a no fail recipe!
The cake bakes up flat and beautiful!
The inside is so incredibly moist and flavorful! The pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves create a delicious taste in every bite!
Recipe Adaptation
I actually built this recipe off of another cake recipe that was already on my site. My apple spice cake has been a total hit this month and for good reason!
I had a thought that if I switched the apple sauce for pumpkin, cup for cup, I could make a pumpkin spice version of this awesome cake. It worked!
I traded out the apple sauce for canned pure pumpkin and kept everything else the same! The cake baked up beautifully!
So, you can now make either an apple spice cake or a pumpkin spice sheet cake and either flavor will be delicious!
Cream Cheese Glaze
For this recipe, I topped the pumpkin spice cake with a cream cheese glaze! The glaze is really simple to make!
All you need is cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar! Mix the ingredients together and spread over the hot cake out of the oven!
But, if you want, my brown butter glaze from my apple spice cake recipe would also be delicious served over the top! The choice is up to you!
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Pumpkin Spice Cake
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cup pure pumpkin
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Cream Cheese Glaze
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- To a stand mixer or mixing bowl with paddle attachment, add the white sugar, brown sugar, sour cream, and butter. Mix on medium speed until smooth.
- Add the pure pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla and mix on medium speed until incorporated.
- Add the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and ground cloves. Mix on low, just until the dry ingredients are incorporated. Don't over mix.
- Grease and line a half sheet cookie sheet pan (18 in x 13 in) with parchment paper. Pour the cake batter into the pan.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- While the cake is baking, prepare the cream cheese glaze.
- To a stand mixer, add the softened cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Beat on a medium high speed until smooth.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the warm cake and allow it to cool and set.
