Pumpkin Chocolate Dessert Cake

Ingredients

• 2.67 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.67 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1.5 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.75 cups butter
• 2 cups white sugar
• 0.33 cups applesauce
• 3 eggs , beaten
• 0.5 cups heavy cream
• 1 can pumpkin , 15 ounce
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 0.5 cups butter
• 0.33 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9-inch Bundt pan.

2. 2

   In a medium bowl, mix flour, cocoa powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and baking soda. In a large bowl, beat together 3/4 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, applesauce, and eggs. Mix in 1/2 cup heavy cream and pumpkin. Stir into flour mixture just until blended. Spread evenly in the prepared pan.

3. 3

   Bake 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan over a wire rack. Invert cake onto a serving plate.

4. 4

   Place brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, and 1/3 cup heavy cream in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil while stirring to blend until smooth. Cook until sugar is dissolved. Whisk in confectioner's sugar and drizzle over cake immediately.