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Pumpkin Bars

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Pumpkin Bars are a moist sheet cake loaded with pumpkin, bold pumpkin spice blend and homemade cream cheese frosting.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, pumpkin recipes
Servings: 16
Author: Apryl Niksch
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Equipment

Ingredients

DRY INGREDIENTS

  • 2 c. unbleached flour
  • 2 T. cornstarch
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 T. Pumpkin Spice Blend
  • 1 tsp. salt

WET INGREDIENTS

  • ½ c. unsalted butter room temp
  • 1 c. sugar
  • ⅔ c. brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 c. pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling
  • ½ c. oil
  • 2 T. buttermilk or milk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

  • ½ c. unsalted butter room temp
  • 8 oz. cream cheese room temp
  • 3 c. confectioner sugar
  • 1 T. vanilla

Instructions

PREP

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 18 x 13 (half-sheet) baking pan.
  • Whisk together dry ingredients in large bowl.

CAKE BATTER

  • Place butter, brown sugar, sugar and eggs in mixer and cream together. Beat until light and fluffy about 3-4 minutes.
  • Add the dry ingredients.
  • Add the remaining wet ingredients pumpkin puree, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla and mix just until batter comes together.
  • Pour batter into pan 2/3 full.

BAKE

  • Bake for 20 minutes until toothpick in the center comes out clean.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

  • Place butter and cream cheese in mixer and beat together.
  • Add in confectioners sugar and vanilla.
  • Add egg white and beat until light and fluffy.

ASSEMBLE CAKE

  • After cake is cool, frost with Cream Cheese Frosting. Cut into squares and cover with foil.
  • If you are going to pipe any decorations such as an orange pumpkin in the center of each pumpkin bar, you can stabilize the frosting by adding 1 T. of cornstarch or powdered unflavored gelatin to the confectioners sugar before it is mixed with the cream cheese and butter.