Pumpkin Chocolate Dessert Cake

This delicious pumpkin chocolate cake recipe makes a moist sponge and an extremely creamy frosting that's the perfect treat for the colder seasons.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 613 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 0.5 cup butter
• 0.5 cup heavy cream
• 0.75 cup butter
• 1.5 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
• 2.6666700839996 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.66666698455811 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 0.33333298563957 cup applesauce
• 0.33333298563957 cup heavy cream

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9-inch Bundt pan.

Step 2

In a medium bowl, mix flour, cocoa powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and baking soda. In a large bowl, beat together 3/4 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, applesauce, and eggs. Mix in 1/2 cup heavy cream and pumpkin. Stir into flour mixture just until blended. Spread evenly in the prepared pan.

Step 3

Bake 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan over a wire rack. Invert cake onto a serving plate.

Step 4

Place brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, and 1/3 cup heavy cream in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil while stirring to blend until smooth. Cook until sugar is dissolved. Whisk in confectioner's sugar and drizzle over cake immediately.