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

Pumpkin Chocolate Dessert Cake

Ingredients

  • 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
    2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    1 1/2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
    2 teaspoons baking powder
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    3/4 cup butter
    2 cups white sugar
    1/3 cup applesauce
    3 eggs, beaten
    1/2 cup heavy cream
    1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
     
    1 cup brown sugar
    1/2 cup butter
    1/3 cup heavy cream
    1 cup confectioners’ sugar

Instructions

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

    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.

    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.

    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.