Vegan pumpkin pie cake with cream cheese frosting and candied pecans

Another pumpkin recipe?

YES. I told you. I really did warn you beforehand; in fact, I already apologized, the proactive fellow that I am.

Now, this isn’t entirely my fault. My mother was the primary baker of this particular creation, I must admit, as she and I split the duties of being cake-making overachievers during a little dessert party (as opposed to, you know, a dinner party) we hosted last weekend. I begged and begged to be the one to make dessert for our bunch of lucky guests, but she insisted upon making her own. We compromised, and I made my own fabulous chili chocolate cake chili cake.