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Pumpkin Squares with Cream Cheese Frosting

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What’s not to love? Moist pumpkin sheet cake with cream cheese frosting….so delicious! Don’t you just love one bowl recipes? This is the simplest cake and will soon become a family favorite.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CAKE:
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 cup Vegetable Or Canola Oil
  • 4 whole Eggs
  • 15 ounces, fluid Can Pumpkin
  • _____
  • FOR THE FROSTING:
  • 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese, Softened
  • 1 stick Softened Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 3 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Milk

Preparation

For the Cake:

1) Evenly coat an 18 x 13 x 1” jelly roll pan with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350F.
2) In a large mixing bowl, add flour through salt and mix well. Make a well in center of dry ingredients and add oil, eggs, and pumpkin. Mix well, but do not over mix. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 20-25 minutes. Test with a toothpick for doneness. Cool completely.

Cream Cheese Frosting

With an electric mixer, beat butter and cream cheese until smooth and creamy. Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Add milk a teaspoon at a time until you get a good consistency to spread over cake. Ice cooled cake. Refrigerate.

**Note** you can lighten up the frosting by using only 4 tablespoons of butter and light cream cheese. You may need to add more milk at the end if you do this.

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erinjoyous on 12.5.2019

Double-checking for those of us not in America — 1 “stick” of butter is 1/2 cup, correct?

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valentinegirlxo on 11.22.2011

I want to makes these but just need to verify an ingredient. Where it says soda, I am assuming that is baking soda?

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4hungryboys on 5.15.2011

I had a massive craving for pumpkin squares and I thought this one looked good so I tried it out tonight. Excellent! Moist pumpkin and the frosting was perfect. I had to cook it to the maximum time (a little over 25 minutes actually) but that is probably because we are in high altitude. Thanks for sharing!

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tarra on 1.31.2012

Yum – these are delish! Couldn’t stop myself from having some this morning and considering it breakfast!!

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wens965 on 5.27.2011

This was EXCELLENT! Easy to make and tastes delicious! Brought it to work and they all devoured it! My husband and son loved it too! This recipe is a keeper, that you for sharing!

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blondebarbie on 10.29.2010

Wow, this was SO delicious! I followed the recipe exactly, baked my cake for about 22 minutes. I also used about 3 tablespoons of milk for the frosting. I think I could have used a little less milk, but it did make the frosting really gooey which was fine by me (and everyone else who ate it). I made this for a work potluck, it was the first thing gone! Definitely a keeper.

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