Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting
 
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A soft and moist pumpkin spiced cake with semi-sweet chocolate chips and a sweet and salty brown sugar frosting.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • For Cake:
  • ¾ cup butter, melted
  • 1¼ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • ½ cup canned pumpkin
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1¼ teaspoons xanthan gum
  • ¾ cup potato starch
  • ¼ cup tapioca starch
  • ½ cup brown rice flour
  • ½ cup gluten free oat flour
  • 1½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • For Frosting:
  • ⅓ cup butter
  • ⅔ cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 2½ cups powdered sugar
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a metal or glass 9X13 pan and set aside.
  2. Microwave butter, covered, for 45 seconds to one minute until melted. Allow to cool slightly. Begin making the cake. In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat melted butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, pumpkin until pale and smooth. Add vanilla and beat until incorporated. Add baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and xanthan gum. Mix until blended. Add potato starch, tapioca starch, brown rice flour, and oat flour. Mix until combined. Beat an additional minute. Stir in chocolate chips.
  3. Pour batter into greased 9X13 cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until cake bounces back at touch of a finger. Remove from oven and allow to cool on cooling racks.
  4. Once cake is cooled begin making frosting. Melt butter in medium saucepan on medium heat. Add brown sugar and stir until liquefied and bubbly. Remove from heat and add in 3 tablespoons of milk. Stir vigorously until smooth. Add salt and stir. Add powdered sugar slowly until frosting reaches a spreading consistency. Immediately pour over cake and spread with a spatula. Serve immediately or wait until frosting sets.
Recipe by Breezy Bakes at https://www.breezybakes.com/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-cake-with-brown-sugar-frosting/