Pumpkin Chocolate Dessert Cake

This fabulous pumpkin cake is so moist you may weep, and the creamy frosting will satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

• 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
• ½ cup butter
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ cup butter
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup heavy cream
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 3 eggs, beaten
• ⅓ cup applesauce
• 1 ½ tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 2

In a medium bowl, mix the 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 the 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 the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan over a wire rack. Invert cake onto a serving plate.

Step 4

Place the 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 the confectioner's sugar, and drizzle over the cake immediately.