Cream Cheese Spice Cake With Spicy Mocha Frosting

This cake recipe is moist, light and fluffy.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 9

Ingredients

• 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

• Cream Cheese Filling

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1  egg

• Spicy Mocha Frosting

• 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

Directions

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.