Our Pumpkin Sheet Cake recipe will change your life. So quick to throw together, feeds a crowd, and has the perfect pumpkin flavor. Everyone will be asking for this pumpkin cake recipe.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease a 13x18 inch sheet pan.
In a large bowl add melted butter, sugars and pumpkin puree and whisk until smooth and free of lumps. Add eggs and vanilla and whisk until well combined.
Add pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and whisk until combined. Finally, add in your flour and stir to combine.
Pour batter into baking sheet and smooth evenly in pan. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean. Allow cake to cool before frosting.
Frosting Instructions
Add all ingredients in a medium sized bowl and whisk until combined and free of lumps. If needed you may microwave butter or cream cheese (only 30 seconds or less on cream cheese) to soften. If frosting is too thin add a little more powdered sugar and cream cheese. If too thick add one extra tablespoon of half and half at a time.
Once cake is cool, frost and enjoy!
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Notes
Can you make this pumpkin cake in a 9x13 pan? Yes, you can. If doing so, to keep the same cake/frosting ratio you will need to half the recipe. Sheet cake is shorter than a typical 9x13 cake would be. If you are looking for a traditional 9x13 pumpkin cake check out our Pumpkin Dump Cake recipe or this yummy Chocolate Pumpkin Cake. What are the dimensions of a sheet cake pan? A full sheet cake pan is 26x18 inches, and a half sheet pan is 18x13. We use a half sheet cake pan for this recipe. Is a sheet cake pan the same as a cookie sheet? The main difference between these two pan types is the rim. Sheet pans and jelly roll pans both have a tall rim that's typically around an inch high, sometimes with a rolled edge. Baking sheets and cookie sheets usually have either no rim or one slightly higher edge. Here are a few of our other favorite Pumpkin Recipes: Pumpkin Pancakes (on repeat for breakfast for dinner)! Our pumpkin roll cake is also a winner. Pumpkin butter is a fall must have, and pumpkin swirl brownies? Yes, please.