Simple Way to Make Award-winning Chocolate Pumpkin Layer Cake

Chocolate Pumpkin Layer Cake.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can make chocolate pumpkin layer cake using 29 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chocolate Pumpkin Layer Cake:

1. Make ready of THE CAKE.
2. Prepare 2 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour.
3. Make ready 1 cup of unseetenedcocoa powder.
4. Take 1 tbsp of baking powder.
5. Get 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
6. Get 1/4 tsp of salt.
7. Take 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
8. Make ready 4 tsp of ground coffee instant granules.
9. Make ready 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
10. Prepare 1/4 cup of sour cream.
11. Prepare 1 of 15 ounce can pumpkin puree, pure unflavored.
12. Take 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
13. Prepare 10 oz of unsalted butter, at room temperature. ( 2 1/4 sticks ).
14. Get 1 1/2 cup of Light brown sugar.
15. Get 1 1/2 cup of granulated sugar.
16. Take 5 of large eggs.
17. Take of CREAM CHEESE BUTTERCREAM PUMPKIN SPICEFROSTING.
18. Prepare 4 oz of saltedbutter, at room temperature.
19. Make ready 2 of 8 ounce packages of cream cheese, at room temperature.
20. Make ready 2 cup of confectioner's sugar.
21. Make ready 1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice.
22. Get 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
23. Take 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
24. Prepare of drops of orange food color.
25. Make ready of CHOCOLATE GANACHE GLAZE4.
26. Prepare 4 oz of semi sweet chocolate, chopped or chips.
27. Get 1/4 cup of heavy whipping cream.
28. Get of GARNISH.
29. Take 1/4 cup of orange and black sprinkles.

Steps to make Chocolate Pumpkin Layer Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray 3 8- imch cake pans well with bakers spray.
2. In a bowl whisk together, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt cinnamon and coffee granules, set aside.
3. In another bowl whisk togeth r r the buttermilk, sour cream, pumpkin puree and vanilla, set aside.
4. In a large bowl beat butter and b both sugars until light and fluffy.
5. Add eggs one at a time, beating in after each egg then alternate adding flour mixture with buttermilk / pumpkin mixture in three additions mixing well but not overmixing.
6. Dividebatter evenly between prepared pans, smoothing tops.Cook for 30 to 35 minutes until toothpick comes out just clean, cool in pans on rack 10 minutes then run a knife around edges and remove from pans to cool completely.
7. MAKEFROSTING.
8. Beat together in a large bow, cream cheese and butter until smooth.
9. Beat in confectioner's sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and vanilla until light andcreamy, add drops of orange food color to make it as orange as you want.
10. FROST CAKE, place one cooled cake layer on serving plate, bottom up and add some frosting.
11. Add second layer, bottom up and frost.
12. Add third layer, also bottom up and frost entire cake. Refigerate cake at least 1 hour before glazing.
13. MAKE GLAZE. Heat cream until hot but not boiling , pour over chopped chocolate in a bowl and stir until smooth.
14. . Let glaze sit until it thickens to a spoon able glaze, about 35 minutes. Spoon over cake allowing chocolate to slide down sides of cake. Garnish with sprinkles while the chocolate is wet so they will stick. Refigerate to set chocolate at least an hour before cutting cake.

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