# Pumpkin Spice Mini Cake with Maple Browned Butter Frosting

A perfectly sweet, extra pumpkiny cake with whipped maple brown butter cream cheese frosting and salted caramel brulée, ideal for the fall baking season.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 stick salted butter
- 0.5 cup brown sugar
- 0.75 cup pumpkin butter
- 0.25 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 0.5 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons hot espresso or hot water
- 1.5 sticks salted butter (for frosting)
- 4 ounces cream cheese (for frosting)
- 2 cups powdered sugar (for frosting)
- 0.25 cup maple syrup (for frosting)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (for frosting)
- sea salt

## Instructions

1. Start by adding brown butter to a bowl.
2. Add brown sugar to the brown butter.
3. Add a couple of eggs to the mixture.
4. Add a mix of pumpkin butter and pumpkin puree to the bowl.
5. Add lots of vanilla to the batter.
6. Mix all wet ingredients together using an electric mixer.
7. Stir in the dry ingredients (flour, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, hot espresso or hot water) to the batter.
8. Mix until all dry ingredients are incorporated.
9. Pour the cake batter into a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
10. Bake the cake in the oven.
11. While the cake is baking, prepare the frosting by mixing cream cheese.
12. Add brown butter to the cream cheese.
13. Mix the brown butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer.
14. Add powdered sugar to the frosting mixture.
15. Mix until the powdered sugar is incorporated and the frosting is smooth.
16. Add maple syrup to the frosting.
17. Mix the maple syrup into the frosting.
18. Frost the baked cake with a generous layer of the brown butter cream cheese frosting.
19. Pour melted sugar onto parchment paper to create a caramel.
20. Sprinkle sea salt over the caramel.
21. Crack the hardened salted caramel brûlée into pieces.
22. Sprinkle the cracked salted caramel brûlée on top of the frosted cake.
23. Cut and serve a slice of the pumpkin spice mini cake.

## Equipment

- bowl
- electric mixer
- baking pan
- oven
- spatula
- baking sheet
- meat tenderizer

## Tips

- The mixture of pumpkin butter and pumpkin puree is key for flavor.
- Add lots of vanilla to the cake batter.
- The brown butter cream cheese frosting is a favorite and delicious.
- Adding maple to the frosting gives an even more yummy flavor.
- The salted caramel brulée topping is made from melted sugar, allowed to harden and then cracked, and sprinkled with sea salt for a perfect topping.

## Source

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- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/affd1e4e-64a9-47f3-8cfa-6bb20fed625d
- Extracted: 2025-10-31

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