Pumpkin Apple Cake with Nutmeg Frosting
This Pumpkin Apple Cake with Nutmeg Frosting is a recipe you'll want to keep.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 2 cups canned pumpkin not pumpkin pie mix just straight pumpkin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup oil I use Canola
- 1 1/2 cups fresh apples peeled and grated or shredded
- 3/4 cup raisins
- 3/4 cup walnut pieces Optional
Nutmeg Frosting
- 1 8 oz pkg. cream cheese, softened
- 1 stick butter or margarine softened
- 1 1 lb. box confectioners sugar
- 4 teaspoons bourbon
- 2 teaspoons nutmeg
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine oil, eggs, sugar, vanilla, pumpkin and mix well using electric mixer. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger and apples and continue mixing.
- Fold in nuts and raisins and pour batter into a sprayed or greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven 45 to 50 minutes.
Nutmeg Frosting
- Mix all ingredients with mixer until you get the spreading consistency you want. Spread on cooled cake.