Smart Choice Luscious Four Layer Pumpkin Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat cake mix, 1 cup pumpkin, milk, oil, eggs and 1 tsp. spice in large bowl with mixer until blended. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round pans.
• Bake 28 to 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 10 min. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely.
• Beat cream cheese in medium bowl with mixer until creamy. Add sugar, remaining pumpkin and spice; mix well. Gently stir in COOL WHIP. Cut each cake layer horizontally in half with serrated knife; stack on serving plate, spreading COOL WHIP mixture between layers. (Do not frost top layer.) Drizzle with caramel topping just before serving; top with nuts.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 6-inch round springform pans.
• Combine sugar, oil, and eggs in a large mixing bowl and mix well.
• Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cloves, and ginger into a separate bowl; stir into sugar mixture. Stir in pumpkin until well blended. Pour batter evenly into the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each cake layer comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Turn out onto wire racks to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Cut rounded tops off of cooled cakes with a large, serrated bread knife so they are flat and even.
• Combine powdered sugar, cream cheese, butter, and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl. Whip until there are absolutely no lumps; this may take up to 5 minutes. Set aside.
• Place 1 tier of cake onto a serving plate. Frost the top liberally; place second tier on top. Generously frost the entire cake. Stick almonds gently by the handful onto the sides of the cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour 2 (9-inch) round cake pans.
• Beat cake mix, 1 cup of the pumpkin puree, milk, oil, eggs and 1 teaspoons of the pumpkin-pie spice in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• Pour evenly into prepared pans.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centres comes out clean.
• Cool completely on wire racks.
• Meanwhile beat cream cheese in small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.
• Add icing sugar,remaining pumpkin and remaining 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin-pie spice; mix well.
• Stir in whipped topping.
• Remove cake layers from pans; cut each layer horizontally in half with a serrated knife.
• Stack the layers on a serving plate, spreading the cream cheese mixture between the layers.
• Do not frost the top layer.
• Drizzle with caramel topping and toasted pecans.
• Store in refrigerator.