Chocolate Harvest Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup water
• 2/3 cup cooking oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (softened)
• 1/3 cup canned pumpkin
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease (and flour) two 9"x1 1/2" round baking pans.
• 3 combine and whisk all cake ingredients but flour and cocoa powder.
• 4 add flour and cocoa powder and whisk until even.
• 5 spread evenly into the two pans.
• 6 bake for 30-35 minutes until top springs back or toothpick comes out clean.
• 7 let cool.
• 8 in a medium bowl, whisk together pumpkin cream filling ingredients. (make sure cream cheese is soft enough so you don't end up with cream cheese chunks!).
• 9 spread pumpkin filling on top of one cake and top it with the other.
• 10 boil whipping cream over medium-high heat.
• 11 remove from heat and add chocolate, do not stir.
• 12 wait 5 minutes until chocolate is melty, then stir until smooth and chocolate is liquid.
• 13 wait until glaze has thickened (10 minutes) and then pour over top of cake.
• 14 refrigerate cake or let set until glaze is fairly solid (15-30 min).
• 15 optional: top with seasonal berries or nuts.