Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

My Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting are pumpkin nirvana! A moist bar with a marvelous flavor and a luscious thick cream cheese frosting – YES!.These innocent looking little cake bars are absolutely irresistible As soon as the weather cools, and we say goodbye to summer, this is the first recipe I make. If for some reason I’m slow to get to baking, my kids vehemently complain. These pumpkin bars are their favorite, and have been, since the very first time I made them probably ten years ago!

These are incredibly moist and wonderfully spiced. The thick cream cheese frosting is the perfect finish on them.

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Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

My Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting are pumpkin nirvana! A moist bar with a marvelous flavor and a luscious thick cream cheese frosting - YES!.

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time40 mins

Servings: 12

Author: Kathleen

Ingredients

Cake:

• 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
• 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
• 1 Teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1/2 Teaspoons Salt
• 1/2 Teaspoons Dried Ground Cinnamon
• 2 Cups Sugar
• 1/2 Teaspoons Dried Ground Nutmeg
• 1/2 Teaspoons Dried Ginger
• 1/2 Teaspoons Dried Ground Cloves
• 4 Large Eggs
• 1 Cup Vegetable Oil
• 1 15 Ounce Can Solid Packed Pumpkin

Frosting:

• 8 Ounces Cream Cheese at Room Temperature
• 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter at Room Temperature
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 Pound Powdered Sugar

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg in a small bowl.  Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, beat together eggs, oil, sugar, and pumpkin.  Gradually add the dry ingredients to egg mixture and blend well.
• Pour the batter into an ungreased jelly roll pan (17x12x1) and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Let cool completely.
• Meanwhile, prepare to frost by beating together all frosting ingredients until smooth.  Frost cake.  Store in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

Calories: 600kcal | Carbohydrates: 87g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 212mg | Potassium: 109mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 70g | Vitamin A: 6.6% | Calcium: 4.2% | Iron: 7.4%

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