Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
 
Makes 1 (13x9-inch) cake
Ingredients
  • 1 cup salted butter, softened
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 2 cups canned pumpkin
  • ¾ cup boiling water
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon maple extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • ¼ teaspoon table salt
  • ½ cup whole buttermilk
  • Cream Cheese Icing (recipe follows)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 13x9-inch cake pan.
  2. In a large bowl, mix butter, sugar, pumpkin, boiling water, eggs, and extracts until well combined.
  3. In another bowl, mix flour, baking soda, pie spice, and salt together. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Pour into prepared pan.
  4. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool completely.
  5. Spread Cream Cheese Icing over cooled cake.
Recipe by Taste of the South at https://tasteofthesouthmagazine.com/pumpkin-sheet-cake-with-cream-cheese-icing/