Cake of the week: pumpkin chocolate chip bars with pumpkin buttercream

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups cooked pumpkin
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup oil or 1 cup butter
• 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
• 2 sticks of unsalted butter at room temp
• 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 libras confectioner's sugar

Preparation

• Combine the 1st 6 ingredients. Set aside.
• Mix together eggs, pumpkin, sugar, and oil. Beat well. Add in the dry ingredients.
• Stir in chocolate chips. Spread in an ungreased 15 x 10 pan. Bake in a 350 oven for aobut 35-40 minutes.
• Cream butter, pumpkin and spices. Slowly add sugar until the buttercream is no longer seperated by the pumpkin. Use or keep chilled for up to 2 weeks.

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