5-Ingredient Pumpkin Cake Recipe

Homemade pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting on white kitchen counter

5-Ingredient Pumpkin Cake Recipe

This 5-Ingredient Pumpkin Cake is the easiest fall dessert you'll ever make. Soft, fluffy, and full of cozy pumpkin spice flavor, it comes together in minutes with simple pantry staples. Perfect for Thanksgiving, holiday gatherings, or a quick autumn treat.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 40

Cooling Time: 10

Total Time: 1

Servings: servings

Calories: 275kcal

Cost: $6

Equipment

1 9-inch round cake pan greased or lined with parchment paper
1 Mixing bowl (medium) for dry ingredients
1 Mixing bowl (large) for wet ingredients
1 Electric mixer or whisk to blend batter
1 Cooling rack for cooling
1 Measuring cups and spoons for accuracy
1 Toothpick for testing doneness

Ingredients

For the Pumpkin Cake:

15 oz pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling
1.25 cups all-purpose flour leveled
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs room temperature
0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
1.5 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
0.25 teaspoon ground ginger
0.25 teaspoon ground cloves
0.25 teaspoon salt
0.33 cup neutral oil such as vegetable or canola
0.25 cup water

Optional Cream Cheese Frosting:

8 oz cream cheese softened
4 tablespoon unsalted butter softened
1.5 cups powdered sugar sifted
0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9-inch pan.
Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and spices.
Combine pumpkin puree, sugar, eggs, oil, water, and vanilla.
Fold dry ingredients into wet until just combined.
Pour batter into pan and bake 35–40 minutes.
Cool for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
Frost or dust with powdered sugar once cooled.

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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