Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Nut Cake

By carvalhohm2

Ingredients

• Crunch Topping::
• 1 pkg Oreos crushed
• 1 can(s) mixed nuts ( crushed in food prosser )
• 1 c brown sugar
• 2 stick butter, melted
• Cake:
• 1 1/2 c sugar
• 1 1/2 stick butter, Softened
• 3 c pumpkin (not pie mix )
• 2 3/4 c self rising flour
• 1/2 c lemon Greek yogurt
• 1 each Tbsp cinnamon, ground,pumpkin pie spice, vanilla
• 4 eggs large
• Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 6-8 oz pkg cream cheese soften
• 2 stick butter soft
• 2 Tbsp vanilla
• 3 1/2 c powdered sugar
• 1/2 c eggnog (pumpkin spiced )
• 1 1/4 c dark chocolate (chopped )

Details

Adapted from justapinch.com

Preparation

Step 1

Crunch Topping:
In a food processor, pulse cookies crumb. Then Pulse nuts to a fine chop. Add in Brown Sugar and mix well. Add in Melted Butter and blend together.

Divide mixture into 4 Cake Coated Cake Pans , pressing into bottom and spreading it evenly into the cake pans. Set pans aside and begin cake. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.

Cake:
In your mixer beat sugar and butter for about 5 minutes until light and fluffy, scrapping down the bowl frequently. Add In Pumpkin and all the rest of the ingredients, except the eggs. Mix just until blended.

Add in the Eggs, one at a time just until blended. Divide batter equally into your 4 prepared cake pans, smooth it out and make it as even as possible in the pan.

Bake for about 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cream Cheese Frosting:
Whip the cream cheese, and butter till very smooth and creamy
Slowly add in the powdered sugar while mixer is on low setting
Add in Vanilla and mix well. Set aside till needed.

After your cake is completely cooled ( you can even refrigerate for a few hours) begin frosting the layers and putting the cake together.

When you have assembled all the layers with some frosting between them, start to spread the remaining frosting on the sides and top. put cake in cool place so the outside is very cool.

Heat the egg nog just to simmer and add dark chocolate remove from heat stir till melted ( the more you stir the shiner it is )pour on cake let set.