Pumpkin Spice Pear Cake

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup cane sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 medium pears

  washed, peeled, and diced
• 8 ounces cream cheese

  softened
• 2 tablespoons salted butter

  softened
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon caramel extract
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 24 mellowcreme candy pumpkins

Instructions

• 1 Pre-heat the oven to 375° F; grease and flour a 16×10 sheet cake pan.
• 2 In a large mixing bowl, mix together the sugar, eggs, pumpkin, lemon juice, and
  milk.
• 3 In a separate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients, including the flour,
  baking powder, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon.
• 4 Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing well.
• 5 Add the diced pear to the mixture, mixing well.
• 6 Spread the batter into the greased sheet cake pan, spreading it evenly in the
  pan.
• 7 Bake at 375° F for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick, inserted in the center,
  comes out clean and cake begins to turn golden.
• 8 Remove the cake from the oven, and allow it to cool completely.
• 9 Whisk the cream cheese and butter together 'til smooth and creamy.
• 10 Add the vanilla extract, caramel extract, and powdered sugar to the cream cheese
  mixture, mixing everything together well.
• 11 Spread the creamy frosting on top of the cooled cake.
• 12 Slice the cake and add candy pumpkins to the top of each slice; then serve!

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