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tags:
  - holiday
  - dessert
  - bar
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# :jack_o_lantern: Pumpkin Squares

![Pumpkin Squares](../assets/images/pumpkin-squares.jpg){ loading=lazy }

| :timer_clock: Total Time |
|:-----------------------: |
| 25 minutes |

## :salt: Ingredients

### :cake: Cake

- :butter: 0.5 cup butter
- :candy: 0.5 cup sugar
- :maple_leaf: 0.5 cup brown sugar
- :egg: 2 eggs
- :jack_o_lantern: 1 14-oz can pumpkin
- :ear_of_rice: 1 cup flour
- :custard: 1 tsp cinnamon
- :chestnut: 0.25 tsp nutmeg
- :chestnut: 0.25 tsp ginger
- :dash: 1 tsp baking powder
- :cup_with_straw: 0.5 tsp baking soda
- :salt: 0.25 tsp salt

### :cupcake: [Cream Cheese Frosting][1]

- :bagel: 4 oz softened cream cheese
- :butter: 0.25 cup butter
- :icecream: 1 tsp vanilla
- :candy: 2 cups sugar

## :cooking: Cookware

- 1 stand mixer
- 1 9 x 13" pan

## :pencil: Instructions

### Cake

### Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F.

### Step 2

In a stand mixer, Cream butter and sugar. Beat in brown sugar and eggs one at a time.

### Step 3

Slowly beat in pumpkin. Add flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and stir.

### Step 4

Scrape into 9 x 13" pan.

### Step 5

Bake for 25 minutes. Cool, then frost with cream cheese icing.

### [Cream Cheese Frosting][1]

### Step 6

Beat in softened cream cheese, butter, and vanilla, then beat in sugar.

### Step 7

Spread then chill.

[1]: <../ingredients/frosting/cream-cheese-frosting.md>