Pumpkin Spice Cake with Honey Frosting

9 Servings
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This is from Martha Stewart's magazine and is extremely good and very easy. The frosting is the best part - not too rich.

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Pumpkin Spice Cake with Honey Frosting Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted, plus more for pan (1 stick)	2 large eggs
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour	1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda	15 ounce Pumpkin puree
1/2 teaspoon salt	Honey Frosting **
1 tablespoon pumpkin-pie spice *

Instructions for Pumpkin Spice Cake with Honey Frosting

1. Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 9-inch square baking pan.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin-pie spice. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, butter, and pumpkin pure until combined. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture, and mix gently until smooth.

3. Turn batter into prepared pan, and smooth top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool cake 10 minutes in pan, then turn out of pan, and cool completely, right side up, on a rack.

4. Spread top of cooled cake with Honey Frosting. Cut cake into squares to serve.

*(or 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, 3/4 teaspoon ginger, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, and 1/8 teaspoon each allspice and cloves)

**The Honey Frosting is simply 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
One (8-ounce) package regular or reduced-fat cream cheese, softened, and
1/4 cup honey. In a medium bowl, whisk all ingredients until smooth.

Main Ingredient: PumpkinCuisine: American