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This delicious Pumpkin Cranberry Cake with a cream cheese frosting combines the flavors of pumpkin and spices with dried cranberries and chopped nuts. It’s the perfect cake for the Fall!

 

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Pumpkin Cranberry Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Cake Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups  all-purpose flour 
• ½ cup of sugar
• ⅓ cup pumpkin puree
• ¼ cup Milk
• ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• ⅓ cup chopped dried cranberries 
• 2 eggs
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder 

 

Frosting ingredients

• ⅓ cup cream cheese 
• ¼ cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar

 

 

Instructions for the cake

Combine the eggs and sugar in a large bowl. Whisk this until the mixture becomes frothy. 

 

Add the oil, milk, and pumpkin puree and whisk until everything is combined. 

Add all the dry ingredients into a small bowl and combine. Fold all the dry ingredients into the wet until a uniform batter forms.

Add the chopped cranberries and fold it evenly into the batter.

 

 

Pour this batter into a greased and lined 8×8 pan.

Bake it in a preheated oven at 350* for about 45-55 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Let it cool completely before you add the frosting. 

 

 

Frosting Instructions:

• Add all the ingredients into a bowl and whisk for about 5 minutes or until stiff peaks form.
• Spread the frosting over the cake and enjoy! 

 

 

Do you want more delicious pumpkin flavors? You have e to try my recipe for Pumpkin Butterscotch Muffins.

 

 

Pumpkin Cranberry Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

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This delicious Pumpkin Cranberry Cake with a cream cheese frosting combines the flavors of pumpkin and spices with dried cranberries and chopped nuts. It’s the perfect cake for the Fall!

Prep Time 1 minute

Total Time 1 minute

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups  all-purpose flour 
• ½ cup of sugar
• ⅓ cup pumpkin puree
• ¼ cup Milk
• ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• ⅓ cup chopped dried cranberries 
• 2 eggs
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder 

Cream Cheese Frosting

• ⅓ cup cream cheese
• ¼ cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Combine the eggs and sugar in a large bowl. Whisk this until the mixture becomes frothy. Add the oil, milk, and pumpkin puree and whisk until everything is combined. 
2. Add all the dry ingredients into a small bowl and combine. Fold all the dry ingredients into the wet until a uniform batter forms.
3. Add the chopped cranberries and fold it evenly into the batter.
4. Pour this batter into a greased and lined 8×8 pan.
5. Bake it in a preheated oven at 350* for about 45-55 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
6. Let it cool completely before you add the frosting. 

Frosting Instructions:

1. Add all the ingredients into a bowl and whisk for about 5 minutes or until stiff peaks form.
2. Spread the frosting over the cake and enjoy! 

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