Pumpkin Chocolate Dessert Cake

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Pumpkin Chocolate Dessert Cake

Submitted by: Sara

Yields: 12 servings

 

" This fabulous pumpkin cake is so moist you may weep, and the creamy

frosting will satisfy anyone's sweet tooth! "

 

INGREDIENTS:

2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour

2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 1/2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 cup butter

2 cups white sugar

1/3 cup applesauce

3 eggs, beaten

1/2 cup heavy cream

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin 

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup butter

1/3 cup heavy cream

1 cup confectioners' sugar

 

DIRECTIONS:

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch

Bundt pan.2.In a medium bowl, mix the flour, cocoa powder, pumpkin pie

spice, baking powder and baking soda. In a large bowl, beat together 3/4

cup butter, 2 cups sugar, applesauce, and eggs.

 

Mix in 1/2 cup heavy cream and pumpkin. Stir into the flour mixture just

until blended. Spread evenly in the prepared pan.3.Bake 40 minutes in

the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the

cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan over a wire rack. Invert

cake onto a serving plate.4.Place the brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, and

1/3 cup heavy cream in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil while stirring

to blend until smooth. Cook until sugar is dissolved. Whisk in the

confectioner's sugar, and drizzle over the cake immediately.