Spice: Lillyann's Spice Cake
Source of Recipe
justmecookin
Recipe Introduction
"Enjoy this maple-flavored cake with a cream cheese frosting topped with chopped nuts."
List of Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
3-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick butter or margarine
granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1-15 ounce can pure pumpkin
1-12 fluid ounce can evaporated milk
1/4 cup water
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 8 ounce package cream cheese
1/3 cup butter
3-1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons maple flavored extract
chopped nuts and nut halves, optional Recipe
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9-inch-round cake pans. Combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, nutmeg and salt in small bowl. Beat sugar and butter in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, beat for 2 minutes. Beat in pumpkin, evaporated milk, water and vanilla extract. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Spread evenly into prepared cake pans. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for 15 minutes, remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Beat cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar in large mixer bowl until fluffy. Add maple flavoring, mix well. Cut each cake in half horizontally with long, serrated knife. Frost between layers and on top of cake, leaving sides unfrosted. Garnish with nuts, if desired.
Note: To make a 2-layer cake, frost between layers, over top and on sides of cake
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