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slice of pumpkin cake bar with candied pumpkin on top
Created by: Lynette Rice

Pumpkin Cake Bars


Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 24
24
This recipe creates a super moist pumpkin cake bar that is topped with a homemade cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients
  

Pumpkin Cake Bars

  • 1 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs room temp
  • 1 cup pureed pumpkin room temp
  • 1 cup whole milk room temp
  • 2 1/2 Cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 15 oz. cream cheese softened
  • 8 Tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • milk or cream 3 teaspoons or additional until frosting is smooth

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350˚ F.
  • In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, ground cloves, cinnamon, ginger, and salt together.  Set aside.
  • In a mixer, cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time until well incorporated. Add the pumpkin and mix well. Slowly add the dry ingredients and the milk alternately to the creamed mixture and mix until smooth.
  • Spread batter onto a greased jellyroll pan (11x17) and bake for 20 minutes at 350˚ F.  Let cool.
  • To make the cream cheese frosting, add all ingredients to a large bowl and whip until smooth.  Add an additional 1 teaspoon of milk at a time until desired consistency.
  • After the cake is cooled top with cream cheese frosting and a candied pumpkin on top of each square.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice of cake | Calories: 256kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 406mg | Potassium: 108mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 931IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 116mg | Iron: 1mg

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