Collected Foods kitchen recipe.

Pumpkin Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting: Bakery-style warmth from the spice drawer, not a mix. Collected Foods Pumpkin Pie Spice is the flavor driver.

Serves: 8–10

Why this spice: Collected Foods Pumpkin Pie Spice perfumes a soft layer cake that needs only cream-cheese frosting.

Ingredients

• 2 cups (250 g) flour
• 2 tsp Collected Foods Pumpkin Pie Spice
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder + 1/2 tsp baking soda + 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup (200 g) sugar + 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup oil
• 3 eggs
• Frosting: 8 oz cream cheese, 4 Tbsp butter, 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla

Directions

1. Whisk dry ingredients including Pumpkin Pie Spice. In another bowl, whisk sugars, pumpkin, oil, and eggs.
2. Combine wet and dry. Divide into two greased 8-inch pans.
3. Bake at 350°F for 25–30 minutes; cool completely.
4. Beat frosting ingredients until fluffy; fill and frost layers. Chill briefly before slicing.
5. Taste and adjust salt or spice before serving.

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