Best Pumpkin Cake With Sage Ice Cream And Pumpkin Cherry Compote Recipes

PUMPKIN SHEET CAKE

Pumpkin Sheet Cake image

The pastor at our church usually cuts his message short on carry-in dinner days when he knows this sheet cake is waiting in the fellowship hall. (I think he prays for leftovers since he gets to take them home!) This moist cake travels well and is also easy to prepare. -Nancy Baker, Boonville, Missouri

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 45m

Yield 24 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
2 cups sugar
1 cup canola oil
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
FROSTING:
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
5 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
3 to 4 teaspoons whole milk
Chopped nuts

Steps:

In a large bowl, beat pumpkin, sugar and oil until blended. Beat in eggs. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to pumpkin mixture, beating until well blended. , Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. , For frosting, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar until smooth. Add milk until frosting reaches desired spreading consistency. Frost cake. Sprinkle with nuts.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 269 calories, Fat 14g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 46mg cholesterol, Sodium 201mg sodium, Carbohydrate 35g carbohydrate (25g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.

PUMPKIN CAKE

Pumpkin Cake image

A slice into this fun pumpkin-shaped dessert reveals a moist banana cake inside. A tempting nut filling joins two cakes to form the pumpkin. Decorating is easy with orange-tinted frosting. We use it as a birthday cake, but it also would be nice following a special fall meal. -Julianne Johnson, Grove City, Minnesota

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 1h5m

Yield 12-16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

2 packages banana cake mix (regular size)
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 cup half-and-half cream
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans
BUTTER CREAM FROSTING:
3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup shortening
6 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 to 4 tablespoons whole milk
Red, yellow and green food coloring
Ice cream cake cones or banana
1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs, optional

Steps:

Prepare and bake cakes in 12-cup fluted tube pans according to package directions; cool. , For filling, melt butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a smooth paste. Gradually add cream and sugar, stirring constantly until thick. Boil 1 minute; remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and salt. Fold in pecans; cool. , Cut thin slice of bottom of each cake. Spread one cake bottom with filling; put cakes together with bottoms together. Set aside. , In a bowl, cream butter and shortening. Beat in sugar and vanilla. Add milk until desired consistency is reached. Combine red and yellow food coloring to make orange; tint about three-fourths of the frosting orange. Tint remaining frosting green. Place a small glass upside down in the center of the cake to support the "stem". Put a dollop of frosting on the glass and top with an ice cream cone or banana. Cut the cone or banana to the correct length; frost with green frosting. Frost cake with orange frosting. If desired, add chocolate water crumbs as "dirt" around cake. Pipe green vines on cake and "dirt" if desired.

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