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Pumpkin Spice Sheet Cake

Ingredients
  

  • 1 15 ounce can canned pumpkin puree
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar lightly packed
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 Tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon maple extract

Frosting

  • 1 3 ounce package cream cheese
  • 5 tablespoons butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 3 teaspoons milk
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a sheet pan with baking spray and set aside.
  • In a mixing bowl, beat pumpkin, sugar, and oil. Add eggs, and mix well.
  • In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add these dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture, and beat until well blended. Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
  • Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cake tests done. Cool.
  • In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter or margarine, and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar, and mix well. Add milk until frosting reaches desired spreading consistency. Frost cake, and sprinkle with nuts.