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Easy Pumpkin Cake Dessert Recipe

Every Thanksgiving my wife and I try to find new recipes to try. About 20 years ago we ran across this pumpkin cake dessert recipe. Our Thanksgiving has traditional recipes but we like to have new recipes sprinkled in to make new traditions.
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegetarian
Keyword: fall dessert, pumpkin, pumpkin dessert, thanksgiving dessert, thanksgiving recipes
Servings: 14
Calories: 419kcal

Ingredients

Base:

  • 1 15 oz can pumpkin puree
  • 1 12 oz can evaporated milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Topping:

  • ¾ cup of melted butter
  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 1 ½ cups chopped pecans or walnuts optional

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9 x 13 baking pan.
  • Mix the first five ingredients until well combined and pour into 9 x 13 baking pan.

For the topping:

  • Sprinkle dry cake mix on top of the pumpkin mixture that was poured into the 9 x 13 pan. Do not mix in.
  • Sprinkle melted butter over the top of the dry cake mix.
  • Bake for 60 minutes at 350 degrees F or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

Nutrition

Serving: 14 servings | Calories: 419kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 69mg | Sodium: 389mg | Potassium: 224mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 5148IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 172mg | Iron: 2mg
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