Cream Cheese Spice Cake With Spicy Mocha Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 2 tablespoons baking cocoa (not dutch processed)
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee granules

Recipe

• 1 for cake:.
• 2 heat oven to 350. grease and flour 13x9x2 inch pan.
• 3 beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. spread 1/2 the batter in pan. pour filling over batter,
• 4 spread evenly. spread remaining batter over filling.
• 5 bake cake 40 to 45 minutes. check with knife fordoneness. cool completely.
• 6 cream cheese filling:.
• 7 mix ingredient well with mixer. set aside.
• 8 frost with spicy mocha frosting:.
• 9 spicy mocha frosting:.
• 10 with electric mixer, mix all ingredients until smooth and spreadable. frost cake. cover, serve at room temperature.