Layered Rum Pumpkin Cake Recipe with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting:
A delicious layered pumpkin cake recipe with rum that is served up with a sweet maple cream cheese frosting!
Servings: 16
Prep Time: 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 15 minutesminutes
Cooling Time: 30 minutesminutes
Total Time: 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Ingredients
For the Cake:
2cupsof melted unsalted butter
10large eggs
2 1/2cupsof loosely packed brown sugar
2cupsof sugar
3tablespoonsof dark rum
2 15-ouncecans of canned pumpkin puree
5cupsof all-purpose flour
1tablespoonof baking soda
1tablespoonof baking powder
pinchof salt
1tablespoonof cinnamon
½teaspoonof nutmeg
For the Frosting:
2poundsof softened cream cheese
2cupsof softened unsalted butter
4cupsof powdered sugar
1cupof maple syrup
pecan halves and currants for garnish
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°
In a standing mixer with the whisk attachment on low speed, mix together the eggs, melted butter, sugars, and pumpkin until combined.
In a separate large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and seasoning blend.
Add the bowl with the dry ingredients to the bowl with the eggs and sugar and mix together on low speed.
Next, evenly distribute the batter onto 3 cookie sheet trays lined with parchment paper and sprayed with non-stick spray, and bake in the oven on 350° for 15-18 minutes. Let completely cool before icing.
In a standing mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together the cream cheese and softened butter until it becomes light and fluffy. Add in the powdered sugar and syrup, and whip until incorporated and smooth.
Once the cakes have cooled, use an 8” cake cutter to make 6 layers. Ice in between each layer with the cream cheese frosting and top off with pecans and currants.
Note: There will be lots of leftover pumpkin cake pieces as well as icing, which is perfect for making trifles in a glass or just mixed together and eaten.
Notes
You can also use an electric hand blender when making the batter.Feel free to add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in batches.Don't worry about the cake being thin, we want it at this consistency so that we can make several layers. You can make the icing ahead of time, so to help minimize these chunks be sure to remove the cream cheese and butter from the fridge about 2 hours before you start making this recipe. I just find that softened fats mix much easier and better.