Pumpkin Cakes

Filled with Cream Cheese Frosting, these Pumpkin Cakes are a rich fall dessert.

Pumpkin Cakes

2014-10-21 21:37:04

Yield: 48 to 60 mini cakes • Preparation: 50 minutes • Bake: 17 minutes • Freeze: 4 hours

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Ingredients

1. 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin puree
2. 3 large eggs
3. 1 cup vegetable oil
4. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5. 2½ cups all-purpose flour
6. 2½ cups sugar
7. 1 teaspoon baking soda
8. 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
9. 1 teaspoon ground allspice
10. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
11. 1 teaspoon ground cloves
12. ¼ teaspoon salt
13. 1 recipe Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows)
14. Garnish: decorative skewers or picks

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Line an 18-x-12-x-1-inch baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, beat pumpkin, eggs, oil, and vanilla at medium speed with an electric mixer until ingredients are well mixed. Set aside.
4. In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, cloves, and salt, whisking until well blended.
5. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, beating until just combined. Pour batter onto prepared baking sheet, smoothing with an offset spatula.
6. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 17 to 18 minutes. Cool in pan. Freeze for 4 hours.
7. Using a 1½-inch round cutter, cut as many circles from frozen cake as possible, avoiding edges. Slice frozen cake circles in half horizontally. Set aside.
8. Place Cream Cheese Frosting in a pastry bag fitted with a medium star tip. Pipe frosting onto bottom halves of cake circles. Top with remaining cake halves. Pipe a star on top of each mini cake.
9. Garnish each mini cake with a decorative skewer or pick, if desired.

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