Pumpkin Spice Cake Bites
Equipment and Ingredients for Pumpkin Spice Cake:
- Popsicle sticks/ cake pop sticks
- 9 by 13 pan
- Big-ish bowl
- Duncan Hines perfectly moist spice cake
- Pam’s baking spray
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup of water
- ½ cup of vegetable oil
- One can of Libby’s 100% pure pumpkin pie filling
- 1 cup of brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon of McCormick pumpkin pie spice
Ingredients for Cream Cheese Pumpkin Frosting:
- 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter at room temperature
- 6 ounces of cream cheese at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 1 ½ cup of confectioners sugar
- ¼ teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice
- 1 ¼ teaspoon of ground allspice
- ⅛ teaspoon of cinnamon
Directions for Cake Mix:
Make spice cake mix, the instructions on the back will say the following:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Spray bottom and sides of pan with Pam’s baking spray
3. Pour cake mix into bowl and add the eggs, water, and vegetable oil
4. Add Libby’s 100% pure pumpkin pie filling
5. Add brown sugar
6. Add McCormick pumpkin pie spice
7. Mix well until smooth
8. Pour into pan and spread evenly
9. Put into oven according to box instructions
Directions for Frosting:
1. Combine unsalted butter into another bowl with cream cheese vanilla extract and a pinch of salt
2. Slowly add in confectioners sugar
3. Add allspice, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon
4. Mix well in food processor or mixer until smooth
Directions for Making the Cake Bites:
1. Get a baking sheet and lay out a parchment paper on top of it
2. Mix frosting into the finished pumpkin spice cake until fully combined
3. Roll into balls or other shapes and lay on parchment paper sheet and put in freezer for 30 minutes
4. Then melt chocolate and dip the frozen bites into the melted chocolate and freeze them again
5. Enjoy!
