Pumpkin Sheet Cake
This Pumpkin Spice Sheet Cake is soft, spiced, and topped with a rich caramel frosting—perfect for fall gatherings, holidays, or an easy crowd-pleasing dessert!
Servings servings
Equipment
- 13x17 baking sheet My original recipe specifies a 15 x 10-inch pan, but my pan is about 13 x 17, so anything in that arena should be good.
Ingredients
- 1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree not pie filling
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs large
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 ½ tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- a few dashes nutmeg and cloves optional
Frosting
- ½ cup butter 1 stick
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons cream or milk
- ¼ teaspoon table salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and spray a rimmed baking sheet with nonstick spray. Set pan aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat pumpkin, sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla.
- In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt. Add dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture, and beat until mixed.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 20-30 minutes, until tested with toothpick and just moist crumbs attach.
- Right when cake comes out of oven, begin frosting.
- Heat butter, brown sugar, cream, and salt in a pot until melted and combined. Bring to a boil and then turn down to a simmer for about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and pour into a mixing bowl. Let cool to luke warm (about 10 minutes) and then beat in powdered sugar and vanilla. Adjust consistency by adding more powdered sugar to thicken, or more cream or milk (little by little) to thin. Use immediately as frosting will thicken upon standing.
- Frost when just barely warm and sprinkle lightly with cinnamon to garnish. I recommend keeping the frosting layer fairly light; it can get overwhelming quickly on a sheet cake.
Notes
- This cake is also fantastic with a classic Cream Cheese Frosting or our Brown Butter Frosting.
Nutrition
Calories: 303kcal, Carbohydrates: 42g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 15g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g, Monounsaturated Fat: 4g, Trans Fat: 0.2g, Cholesterol: 40mg, Sodium: 208mg, Potassium: 38mg, Fiber: 0.3g, Sugar: 33g, Vitamin A: 202IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 17mg, Iron: 1mg
Calories: 303kcal
Cost: $8
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