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Gingersnap Pumpkin Cake

Name: Gingersnap Pumpkin Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 16 servings.
Ingredients: 1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin; 2 cups sugar; 4 large eggs, room temperature; 1 cup canola oil; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice; 1/2 teaspoon salt; ICING:; 4 ounces cream cheese, softened; 1/4 cup butter, softened; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar; 5 gingersnap cookies, crushed

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Total Time

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 50 min. + cooling

Makes

16 servings

It just so happened that on the first day that really felt like fall, we were getting together with friends. I had to make this pumpkin cake. —Koni Brewer, Fort Worth, Texas

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Ingredients

1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup canola oil
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
ICING:
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
5 gingersnap cookies, crushed

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan.
In a large bowl, beat pumpkin, sugar, eggs and oil until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, pie spice and salt; gradually beat into pumpkin mixture.
Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla until blended. Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar until smooth. Frost cake; sprinkle with crushed cookies.

Can you freeze Gingersnap Pumpkin Cake?

Wrap cooled cake in securely in foil; freeze. To use, thaw cake before unwrapping. Frost and decorate as directed.

Greasing Fluted (Bundt) Tube Pans

To remove cakes easily, use solid shortening to grease plain and fluted tube pans.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 417 calories, 21g fat (5g saturated fat), 61mg cholesterol, 307mg sodium, 55g carbohydrate (40g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein.

Gingersnap Pumpkin Cake

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