Pumpkin Spice Cake With Orange Buttercream Frosting Recipes

PUMPKIN ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, beat pumpkin, orange juice, milk and orange zest. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin mixture, beating well after each addition. Fold in nuts., Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in the milk, orange juice and zest. Frost cake. Garnish with candied peel if desired.

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE WITH ORANGE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Place cake mix, pudding mix, pumpkin, oil, water, eggs and spice in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer on low speed just until moistened.
• Beat on medium speed 2 minutes.
• Pour into greased and floured 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake 32 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool cake in pan on wire rack for at least 20 minutes.
• To make frosting, place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed about 30 seconds.
• Add the confectioner's sugar and 3 tablespoons of the orange juice. Blend with the mixer on low speed approximately 1 minute.
• Increase the speed to medium and mix approximately 1 more minute, until the frosting is light and fluffy. If needed, blend in 1 more tablespoon of orange juice to obtain proper consistency.
• Frost the top of the cake. If desired, sprinkle with chopped nuts.
• Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE WITH ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Beat margarine at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating well.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• Stir in pumpkin and vanilla.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to sugar mixture, beating at low speed until blended after each addition.
• Pour into a greased and floured 9-inch round cakepan.
• Bake at 350F degrees 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan, and cool on a wire rack.
• Place a paper doily over cake; sift powdered sugar through a wire-mesh strainer over doily.
• Remove doily, and serve with Orange Sauce.
• To make the Orange Sauce----------.
• Whisk together all ingredients in a heavy saucepan until blended.
• Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, whisking constantly; boil, whisking constantly, 1 minute.

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE WITH CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Whisk together the pumpkin, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix and oil. Beat in the eggs, then fold in the pumpkin mixture. Stir in the vanilla.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• To make cream cheese frosting: Cream together the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, mixing until smooth. Stir in the cinnamon and vanilla. Spread frosting over cooled cake.