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This moist, easy pumpkin spice cake is full of warm, toasty nuts and topped with a delicious, buttery cream cheese frosting.

It’s SWEATA WEATHA and I’ve been doing my fall baking. I started off with my core focus on apple cake, apple cobbler and apple crisp, but now it’s time to change my focus to the pumpkin. Yes, it’s time to carve out some time for autumn pumpkin bake’n.

I started off my fall 2022 pumpkin bake’n with this spiced pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting from my Amish Country Cookbook. This simple pumpkin cake proved to be a pumpkin spice-tacular way to begin pumpkin bake’n 2022.

easy pumpkin spice cake with buttery cream cheese frosting

Tools Used In Moist Pumpkin Spice Cake

Ingredients In This Simple Pumpkin Cake

all purpose flour
baking powder
baking soda
salt
cinnamon
eggs
walnuts – pecans will also be good.
pumpkin puree
sugar
oil
butter
cream cheese
powdered sugar
vanilla extract

SIN-amony Moist Pumpkin Cake

I just love anything pumpkin spice. Yes, my blood type is pumpkin spice. So, I knew when I made this cake I would have a hard time fleeing temptation. In fact, would I even want to flee?

Well, evidently I didn’t want to flee that much, because I proceeded to give into this scrumptious, moist pumpkin spice cake from scratch and eat 3 pieces (I don’t mean over days. I mean in one sitting).

Yawl, this cake was just so perfectly moist and had just the right amount of cinnamony pumpkin flavor. Then add the toasty walnuts and that cream cheese frosting and you’ve got a cake that is almost impossible to flee.

Warning, if you make this moist pumpkin spice cake you had better be prayed up or it could end up being a 3 piece sitting for you also.

homemade pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting

One Bowl Homemade Pumpkin Cake

So, now that I’ve told you how tasty this cinnamon pumpkin cake is, let me tell you how easy to make it is. Two words describe how easy it is, “ONE BOWL”. Yes, you can whip this up in one bowl.

Literally you can throw all your ingredients in one bowl and mix by hand (I did use a mixer for the cream cheese frosting). Then put it in a 9×13 pan, bake and frost.

Yes, this pumpkin spice temptation in a 9×13 pan is just so easy to access. So, if you’re having a pumpkin spice craving remember, “JUST ONE BOWL”.

Can You Substitute Pumpkin Pie Filling For Pumpkin Puree?

Don’t use pumpkin pie filling if the recipe calls for pumpkin puree, unless you want a pumpkin spice mis-cake. Yes, pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie filling are completely different.

According to this post from Southern Living, pumpkin puree is simply cooked pumpkin. While pumpkin pie filling is cooked pumpkin flavored with spices like cinnamon, clove, allspice, and ginger, and is also pre-sweetened.

So, unless you want an overly fall spiced cake that’s super sweet, don’t substitute pumpkin pie filling for pumpkin puree.

Why Make This Homemade Pumpkin Cake

This moist, spiced pumpkin cake is superbly cinnamon spiced. It is then full of toasty walnuts and topped with a creamy, buttery cream cheese frosting. Add to it’s deliciousness, the fact that it’s so easy to whip up, this cake is a win, win for fall (or anytime of year),

In case you have any queries regarding the recipe feel free to reach out via the comment section or the contact page. Also, if you have tried this recipe, I would love to hear about your experiences.

I have linked to our related recipes below and I’m sure you will love them.

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