Pumpkin Spice Donut Cake

So wishing I had a piece of this Pumpkin Spice Donut cake right about now.  The most perfect pumpkin pie like cake layers filled with the most dreamy cream cheese frosting, oh and don't forget the cinnamon chip drip or the dusting of cinnamon sugar for good measure.  And we couldn't resist making a batch of cinnamon sugar pumpkin donuts to decorate the top too.  If you make this cake I promise you won't regret it!

Dallin had a Fall Bake Off at work a few weeks ago and he was determined to make a cake!  I wanted to try a new cake (I always do!) so we decided to double it so we could have our own to decorate.

There's just something about fresh baked goods that are just so refreshing and beautiful to me.

We made some pumpkin cinnamon sugar donuts to decorate on the top and they were so tasty.  We liked them even better over the next few days because the butter and cinnamon/sugar mix really blended with the donut.

So many of Dallin's coworkers said that he didn't decorate the cake, and that his wife did. :) Well here's proof.  Dallin can decorate a cake with the best of them.  He even helped ME smooth out my sides.  Now how romantic is that!?

Ever since we took a few cake classes together it's been a competition in the kitchen with cakes.  So we'd love to hear who's you think is better! haha!

Dallin went for the classic look with a pile of donuts on top.

While I went with a more decorated look with all the bells and whistles. 

I actually seriously loved the cinnamon sugar dusting on the bottom.  It gave the frosting a sweet crunch that I totally loved!

Here's some pieces that we were giving away, still a little frozen but SO delicious!

Here's the recipes we used to make this magic happen:

Pumpkin Cake-Baking with Blondie Check her highlights on IG for the recipe.

Cream Cheese Frosting

2 (8 oz.) pkgs. cream cheese, softened 

2 sticks butter, softened

5-6 C. powdered sugar, sifted

4 tsp. vanilla

Mix cream cheese and butter until smooth.  Add powdered sugar and vanilla.  

Cinnamon Chip Drip

1 C. cinnamon chips

1/4 C. heavy cream

Combine chips and heavy cream in a bowl and microwave for 30 second increments until smooth.

Cinnamon Sugar Donuts-Baking with Blondie recipe found HERE