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What is pumpkin dump cake?
What is pumpkin dump cake?Pumpkin dump cake is a lot like what it sounds. All of the ingredients are dumped into a pan, stirred together and put into the oven. It usually requires very minimal prep, and is very easy to throw together when you’re in a pinch or just want a crowd pleasing recipe.
Dump cake is traditionally made by pouring the box cake mix over the pumpkin mix and layering on slices of butter. I found that by making more of a crumble, I wasn’t left with any patches of dried cake mix, plus it was less work than slicing and laying individual slices of butter on top. I know that it adds an additional bowl, unlike a traditional dump cake, but I felt that the flavor and consistency was well worth the extra dish.
Pumpkin Dump Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a 9×13 inch pan, whisk together pumpkin pie mix, eggs, brown sugar, cream, and pumpkin pie spice until combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine spice cake mix, pecans, and butter and stir until it resembles a course mix.
- Evenly sprinkle cake mix over pumpkin mixture until it is completely covered.
- Bake in oven for 50-60 minutes or until browned and there is no more jiggle when the pan is moved.
- Cool completely before serving. Garnish with whipped topping or ice cream, optional.
Tips for making this dump cake recipes:
- Pumpkin pie mix: Look for the canned pumpkin that has the addition of spices. It is typically labeled “pumpkin pie mix.” pumpkin pie mix already has spices, meaning it won’t require you to add as many spices to make this dump cake nice and flavorful. I chose to also add pumpkin pie spice because I felt that it brought out the flavor even more.
- Heavy cream: You can substitute the heavy cream with evaporated milk
- Can’t find Pumpkin Pie Spice? I have a recipe for it here.
- Spice cake mix: Pumpkin dump cake with spice cake mix is so good! Most grocery stores will carry a spice cake mix. If you don’t have spice cake mix available, you can always use white or yellow cake mix instead.
- Pecans: You can substitute walnuts for the pecans.
- Butter: I chose to use salted butter for additional flavor. If you would like, you can use unsalted butter.
How do I store pumpkin dump cake?
- Much like a pumpkin pie, you want to store your pumpkin dump cake in the refrigerator. The pumpkin dump cake can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three to four days.
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Pumpkin Dump Cake
Ingredients
- 30 oz can pumpkin pie mix (look for the can that includes pumpkin + spices)
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup light brown sugar lightly packed
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 Tbs pumpkin pie spice mix
- 1 15.25 ounce box spice cake mix
- ¾ cup pecans chopped
- ¾ cup 1 ½ sticks salted butter, melted
- Whipped topping or ice cream optional garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a 9x13 inch pan, whisk together pumpkin pie mix, eggs, brown sugar, cream, and pumpkin pie spice until combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine spice cake mix, pecans, and butter and stir until it resembles a course mix.
- Evenly sprinkle cake mix over pumpkin mixture until it is completely covered.
- Bake in oven for 50-60 minutes or until browned and there is no more jiggle when the pan is moved.
- Cool completely before serving. Garnish with whipped topping or ice cream, optional.
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Cecile Kelly says
Can you freeze this recipe?
Corey says
Yep! Here is a great blog post that explains how to freeze cakes 🙂 https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/how-to-freeze-cakes/
Faith says
This was so yummy! My husband said he had dreams about it and found himself in the kitchen in the middle of the night eating it 😂