Gluten-free Pumpkin Spice Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 cup gluten-free oats
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups gluten-free baking mix
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons maple syrup
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/2-3 cups powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees, spray or prep 9x13 baking dish.
• 2 mix together in large bowl: eggs, sugar, butter, pumpkin, applesauce, oats, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. set aside and let sit for at least 5 minutes. (allows oats to soften and spices to "mingle.").
• 3 in medium mixing bowl, combine baking mix, baking soda, baking powder, and xanthan gum. add slowly to wet ingredients, mix well, but do not overmix.
• 4 pour into prepared baking dish, bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 5 for icing:.
• 6 while cake cools, mix all icing ingredients together, beat for 1 minutes.
• 7 i iced the cake while still warm, poked cake with toothpick, so icing soaked into cake.
• 8 garnish with chopped pecans or walnuts on icing, if you want.