Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

This recipe is definitely a crowd pleaser and has been requested every time I bring it anywhere! I'm not sure where the original recipe came from but I have had it for years and it is sure to be a hit. You can also make this recipe into cupcakes :) You can find everything but the cream cheese in store.

Ingredients:

2 c. all purpose flour

2 c. white sugar

4 eggs

1 c. coconut oil, melted

2 c. pumpkin puree

1 tsp vanilla

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp ginger

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp salt

Icing:

250g package cream cheese

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 c butter or butter substitute

2 - 2.5 c. icing sugar

Instructions:

Combine sugar, oil, vanilla & eggs and beat well. Add pumpkin puree and mix until incorporated. 

Combine dry ingredients and add to wet ingredients and mix well.

Grease & flour baking pan of choice, add batter and bake at 350 degrees for approx. 30 min or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

For cupcakes bake for approximately 18 minutes.