Pumpkin Cake Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

EASY PUMPKIN BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, sugar, eggs and oil with an electric mixer until well combined.
• Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and salt to the wet ingredients and mix by hand until just combined.
• Pour batter into a 9x13" baking pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
• Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes. Bars should be starting to set up, but remember this is more like a brownie than a cake, it should seem a bit undercooked in the center, but not still be wet.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool completely on a wire cooling rack.

PUMPKIN BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a large jelly roll pan with cooking spray.
• Beat eggs in a large bowl with an electric hand mixer until foamy; add white sugar, vegetable oil, and pumpkin. Beat on medium speed until incorporated, 2 minutes.
• Mix flour, baking powder, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Beat flour mixture into egg mixture on low speed until just combined, 1 minute. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool completely.
• Beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla together in a bowl with an electric hand mixer until creamy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar; beat until smooth. Spread frosting evenly over cooled pumpkin cake; sprinkle with cinnamon.

SPICED PUMPKIN BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• For the bars: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13-by-9-inch metal baking pan with nonstick baking spray and line the bottom and sides with parchment paper, leaving an inch of overhang on the sides.
• Whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, salt, nutmeg and cloves in a large bowl until evenly combined. In another bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar, oil, vanilla, eggs and pumpkin puree until smooth. Pour the pumpkin mixture over the dry ingredients and stir until the batter just comes together.
• Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let the cake cool for 30 minutes in the pan, then unmold and let cool completely on a wire rack.
• For the icing: Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl and beat on medium speed with a handheld mixer until smooth. Add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt and beat until evenly combined and smooth. Spread the icing on the top of the cake in a smooth and even layer. Cut the cake into twenty-four 2-inch squares and serve.

PUMPKIN CAKE BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour one glass 9 x 13 inch pan.
• In a mixing bowl, beat together the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; add to wet ingredients and mix thoroughly.
• Spread into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool.
• For the frosting: beat together the cream cheese, butter and confectioner's sugar.
• Evenly spread over bars after they have cooled.