Pumpkin Cake

If you like pumpkin pie, you'll love this cake's subtle spice flavors and velvety cream cheese frosting. The slightly sweet and mild pecans add a pleasant crunch to the smooth frosting. Pumpkin-pie spice is a combination of warm spices: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, and mace. Use it to enliven applesauce, vanilla ice cream, or tea.
Yield: 16 servings (serving size: 1 slice)
Ingredients
Cake:
Cooking spray
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar  (I used Splenda)
1/2 cup packed brown sugar  (Brown sugar Splenda)
1/4 cup canola oil   (applesauce)
1/2 cup egg substitute   (applesauce)
2 large eggs    (egg beaters)
1 (15-ounce) can unsweetened pumpkin
2 cups all-purpose flour (about 9 ounces)   (100% whole wheat)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons pumpkin-pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
Frosting:
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 (8-ounce) package 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
3 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons fresh orange juice
1/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted   (walnuts)
Orange slices (optional)
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.
To prepare cake, coat 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray. Dust pans evenly with 2 tablespoons flour.
Combine 1 cup granulated sugar, brown sugar, and oil in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed 2 minutes or until well blended. Add egg substitute and eggs; beat until well blended. Add pumpkin, beating until blended.
Lightly spoon 2 cups flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and next 3 ingredients (through salt) in a medium bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, beating just until blended. Spoon batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack. Remove cake from pans; cool completely on wire rack.
To prepare frosting, beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until blended (do not overbeat). Add juice, stirring until blended.
Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. Spread 1 cup frosting over layer, and top with remaining cake layer. Spread remaining frosting over top of cake. Sprinkle with pecans, and garnish with orange slices, if desired.

Nutritional Information

Calories:318 (30% from fat)
Fat:10.6g (sat 3.5g,mono 3.8g,poly 1.8g)
Protein:5.2g
Carbohydrate:51.8g
Fiber:1.4g
Cholesterol:40mg
Iron:1.6mg
Sodium:284mg
Calcium:42mg