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a piece of pumpkin sheet cake topped with brown butter cream cheese frosting on a blue plate

Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

Author: Dan Harper
256kcal
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Prep 15 minutes
Cook 30 minutes
cooling 1 hour
Total 1 hour 45 minutes
Make a moist pumpkin sheet cake with pure pumpkin puree and warm spices. This simple one bowl recipe bakes flat for easy frosting.
Servings 24 servings
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Ingredients

Pumpkin Cake
  • ½ cup one stick melted butter
  • ½ cup plain greek yogurt
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup packed light or dark brown sugar
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 and ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 recipe brown butter cream cheese frosting

Method

Pumpkin Sheet Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  2. Grease a 9 x 13 baking dish.
  3. Place melted butter, yogurt, eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar, pumpkin puree, and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl.
  4. Blend until smooth. Scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl.
  5. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice into the mixing bowl.
  6. Blend with the wet ingredients until just combined., scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl.
  7. Pour mixture into the greased 9 x 13 baking dish and bake for 30-35 minutes. Checking for overdoneness after 20 minutes.
  8. If the cake is getting too brown, cover with a piece of foil.
  9. When a toothpick comes out clean the cake is done.
  10. Do not frost until the cake is completely cool.

Nutrition

Calories256kcalCarbohydrates41gProtein3gFat10gSaturated Fat4gPolyunsaturated Fat2gMonounsaturated Fat2gTrans Fat0.2gCholesterol38mgSodium277mgPotassium53mgFiber0.4gSugar31gVitamin A166IUVitamin C0.1mgCalcium43mgIron1mg

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