# @mustloveherbs on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNYM_TLN2sF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33357471-mustloveherbs-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-15T14:02:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Must Love Herbs - Lauren May (@mustloveherbs) — https://gondola.cc/mustloveherbs

## Caption

Chocolate Pumpkin Cake 🎃this cake is thick, moist, and decadent! The perfect treat to have with you pumpkin spice latte or tea! Oh, how excited I am for fall to come! But don’t let the pumpkin fool you, this is an anytime of the year treat! The recipe has fading free and egg free options as well as gluten free options! Or you can go wild and eat them all!!! 🤣
2 cups all purpose flour
¾  cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½  cup coconut oil (melted 
¾  cup pumpkin puree 
1 ¾  cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk (or 1 cup unsweetened oat milk + 1 tbs vinegar)
1 cup very warm water
Preheat oven to 350°
Prepare you 8x8 (or similar size) pan by greasing and lining with parchment paper. You will just need to adjust the cooking times (shorter cooking time for smaller pans and longer cooking time for larger pans). In a large bowl sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt. Stir to combine. Add the coconut oil, pumpkin, and buttermilk. Stir until well combined. Carefully pour in the hot water. Stir gently until fully incorporated (about 1 minute). Pour batter into your prepared pan and bake for approximately 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool 30 minutes before removing from cake pan and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. While cakes are cooling you can prepare the frosting. 
Chocolate Fudge Frosting
1 cup of unsalted butter (or plant based butter/shortening)
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tbs +\- cinnamon
5 +/- cups powdered sugar
½  cup heavy cream (or extra creamy oat milk) 
Add your butter to a sauce pan and melt over medium heat. Once melted stir in your cocoa. Transfer the mixture to the bowl of your stand mixer. With mixer on low speed, add in powdered sugar, cinnamon and cream, alternating between the two until desired consistency is achieved. Whip the frosting an additional 2-3 minutes or until lighter and fluffy. Ice the top of your sheet cake evenly! You may have leftover frosting depending on desired thickness.
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