Pumpkin Spice Caramel Cream Cheese Buttercream

or 283 grams) unsalted butter, softened (or 1 stick salted & 1 stick unsalted)

(½ 8-ounce package/113 grams) chilled cream cheese, such as Philadelphia®

homemade or prepared caramel, salted caramel sauce or dulce de leche, thick at room temperature

homemade or prepared pumpkin butter, such as Trader Joe’s®, drained (see Notes below recipe)

pure vanilla extract, such as Nielsen-Massey®

confectioners’ sugar, spooned in cup, leveled off & sifted