Chocolate Pumpkin Layer Cake. This rich and decadent spiced pumpkin cake is just the thing to serve for an autumn celebration, Thanksgiving or otherwise Chocolate chips and chopped pecans are added to the pumpkin batter for extra sweetness and a Chocolate-Pumpkin Layer Cake. This Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Layer Cake is a tender, moist pumpkin cake with chocolate chips and a smooth chocolate frosting made with melted chocolate! Perfect for fall and the holidays!
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Ingredients of Chocolate Pumpkin Layer Cake
- It’s of THE CAKE.
- You need 2 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour.
- Prepare 1 cup of unseetenedcocoa powder.
- It’s 1 tbsp of baking powder.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
- You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
- It’s 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- You need 4 tsp of ground coffee instant granules.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
- You need 1/4 cup of sour cream.
- It’s 1 of 15 ounce can pumpkin puree, pure unflavored.
- It’s 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
- It’s 10 oz of unsalted butter, at room temperature. ( 2 1/4 sticks ).
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup of Light brown sugar.
- It’s 1 1/2 cup of granulated sugar.
- It’s 5 of large eggs.
- It’s of CREAM CHEESE BUTTERCREAM PUMPKIN SPICEFROSTING.
- You need 4 oz of saltedbutter, at room temperature.
- Prepare 2 of 8 ounce packages of cream cheese, at room temperature.
- Prepare 2 cup of confectioner's sugar.
- You need 1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- You need of drops of orange food color.
- You need of CHOCOLATE GANACHE GLAZE4.
- Prepare 4 oz of semi sweet chocolate, chopped or chips.
- You need 1/4 cup of heavy whipping cream.
- Prepare of GARNISH.
- You need 1/4 cup of orange and black sprinkles.
This tall pumpkin layer cake is filled with a delicious brown butter-cream cheese frosting, and is finished with my favorite super easy chocolate-sour cream frosting on the outside. It's moist and spicy, with lots of different flavors and textures. Totally worth turning on the oven in this heat! Make this pumpkin chocolate Halloween cake for your holiday celebration!
Chocolate Pumpkin Layer Cake step by step
- Preheat oven to 350. Spray 3 8- imch cake pans well with bakers spray.
- In a bowl whisk together, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt cinnamon and coffee granules, set aside.
- In another bowl whisk togeth r r the buttermilk, sour cream, pumpkin puree and vanilla, set aside.
- In a large bowl beat butter and b both sugars until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating in after each egg then alternate adding flour mixture with buttermilk / pumpkin mixture in three additions mixing well but not overmixing.
- Dividebatter evenly between prepared pans, smoothing tops.Cook for 30 to 35 minutes until toothpick comes out just clean, cool in pans on rack 10 minutes then run a knife around edges and remove from pans to cool completely.
- MAKEFROSTING.
- Beat together in a large bow, cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Beat in confectioner's sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and vanilla until light andcreamy, add drops of orange food color to make it as orange as you want.
- FROST CAKE, place one cooled cake layer on serving plate, bottom up and add some frosting.
- Add second layer, bottom up and frost.
- Add third layer, also bottom up and frost entire cake. Refigerate cake at least 1 hour before glazing.
- MAKE GLAZE. Heat cream until hot but not boiling , pour over chopped chocolate in a bowl and stir until smooth.
- . Let glaze sit until it thickens to a spoon able glaze, about 35 minutes. Spoon over cake allowing chocolate to slide down sides of cake. Garnish with sprinkles while the chocolate is wet so they will stick. Refigerate to set chocolate at least an hour before cutting cake.
With its spooky stripes and festive garnishes, it will be the hit of the party! Alternating layers of spiced pumpkin cake and my most favorite moist chocolate cake, filled with silky vanilla buttercream and topped with a drippy dark. Have your cake and cupcakes, too: One recipe yields chocolate pumpkin spice cupcakes or a triple-layer cake. CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE with PUMPKIN CREAM FILLING (aka, Chocolate Harvest Cake) – Perfect for autumn, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sift the dry ingredients into a large bowl (baking soda, salt, flour and cocoa).
