Description
A delightful and easy-to-make pumpkin dump cake, perfect for fall gatherings. This recipe combines a creamy pumpkin base with a spiced cake topping and crunchy pecans.
Ingredients
- 2 15-ounce cans pure pumpkin puree (NOT pumpkin pie mix)
- 4 large eggs room temperature
- 12 ounce can evaporated milk
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice blend
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 15.25 ounce box Spice Cake mix (I used Duncan Hines brand)
- 1½ cups chopped pecans
- 1 cup unsalted butter melted
- ½ cup whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with baker’s spray. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together, by hand, the pure pumpkin puree, eggs, evaporated milk, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, pumpkin pie spice blend and cinnamon until smooth and all the ingredients are fully incorporated.
- Pour the pumpkin filling into the prepared baking dish and spread it into an even layer.
- In a medium bowl stir together the dry spice mix and chopped pecans. Sprinkle the spice cake mix evenly over the top of the pumpkin filling.
- In a medium bowl stir together the melted butter and whole milk.
- Slowly pour the butter and milk mixture over the top of the entire dry cake mix layer. You want to make sure that no large dry pockets of spiced cake mix are showing. If they are, you can take a spoon and gently push the dry mix under the butter being careful to not really stir the butter and cake mix, but just submerge the cake mix under the butter. A few small little spots of dry mix showing are ok but you really want as much of the dry mix submerged under the butter and milk mixture.
- Bake for 1 hour or until the top is golden and the center has set.
Notes
- Ensure you use pure pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie mix, for the best results.
- Using room temperature eggs helps them incorporate more smoothly into the mixture.
- When pouring the butter and milk mixture, try to cover as much of the dry cake mix as possible to prevent dry spots.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American