A good friend of mine, Beverly Ferro, created this fantastic pumpkin spice cake with cream cheese frosting. It’s perfect for this time of year! Here is a downloadable/printable version of the recipe: Pumpkin spice cake
Pumpkin Spice Cake
Cake:
2 cups almond flour (OR 1 cup almond flour and ¾ cup plus 2 Tbsp THM Baking Blend)
1 cup sweetener (Pyure or Gentle Sweet), or less to taste
1 scoop whey protein powder
1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 can pumpkin puree (15 oz)
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp maple extract
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
Frosting:
1 stick softened butter
1 block softened cream cheese (8 oz)
½ cup sour cream
½ cup sweetener (Pyure or Gentle Sweet)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
- Grease 9×13 pan. Preheat oven to 350.
- Combine dry ingredients in bowl, then add wet ingredients and mix well. Stir in chopped pecans.
- Pour into pan, and bake for 30 minutes.
- Cool completely before frosting.
- For frosting, combine all ingredients and beat until well combined.