Fantastic Frosted Pumpkin Bars from a cozy mystery novel
These pumpkin bars are light and fluffy like a cake.
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp powdered ginger
- ½ tsp cloves
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 cups sugar
- 15 oz can solid-packed pumpkin
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz. softened cream cheese
- ½ cup softened butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Sift together all dry ingredients.
- Mix oil, eggs, sugar, and pumpkin.
- Add dry ingredients to wet and mix well.
- Pour the batter into an ungreased jelly roll pan (17x21x1) or a 9x13 cake pan.
- If using a larger pan, bake for 15-20 minutes, if using a cake pan, bake 25-30 minutes.
- Cool in pan and frost with cream cheese frosting.
- Cut into 3x2-inch bars.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Combine butter, cream cheese, and vanilla together, then add sugar, and mix until smooth.