Chocolate Pumpkin Cake
Add this Chocolate Pumpkin Cake with Pumpkin Butter Cream Frosting to your fall baking list. We combine pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice with a devils food cake mix to create an easy fall and Thanksgiving dessert.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 box Devils Food Cake Mix
- 15 oz Pumpkin Puree
- 2 Eggs
- 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 3 1/2 tbsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
Frosting:
- 1 cup softened Butter
- 4 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 cup Pumpkin Puree
- 1 tsp Pumpkin Spice
- several drops Red Food coloring optional
- several drops Yellow Food Coloring optional
Instructions
Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Grease 11x13" pan. Set aside.
- Mix all cake ingredients in a large bowl until just blended.
- Transfer to prepared pan.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.
- Allow to cool.
Frosting:
- Whip butter until fluffy.
- Add pumpkin and pumpkin spice and mix until blended.
- Optionally add food coloring to acheive desire orange color.
- Gradually add powdered sugar until you reach desired consistency.
- Frost cake.
Nutrition
Calories: 499kcal | Carbohydrates: 79g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 68mg | Sodium: 442mg | Potassium: 248mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 61g | Vitamin A: 9209IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 3mg