When I first saw this recipe for Great Pumpkin Dessert, it made me think of the Halloween classic It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. (Yes, my mind works funny like that sometimes.) Poor Linus waited in the pumpkin patch all night, but he never saw The Great Pumpkin. We'll never know if it really exists! I can tell you that The Great Pumpkin---Dessert does exist. Here it is!
Sorry, Linus, but pumpkins were killed in the making of this dessert.
Recipe Link
Ingredients
1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin puree
1 (12 fl. oz.) can evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 cup white sugar
4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 (18.25 oz.) box yellow cake mix
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl combine pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar and spice. Mix well and pour into a 9x13 pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix over top. Drizzle melted butter on top of cake mix. Top with chopped pecans. Bake for 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
Adapted slightly from Allrecipes
The Results...
Better than getting a rock in your trick-or-treat bag. (If you don't get it---go watch the show!)
Much Much Much Better!
This is kind of a unique dessert. The best way I can describe it is........if a pumpkin pie and a coffee cake got married, this would be their baby. A sweet, sweet baby that would be loved by everyone! That's the best I can do. I guess you'll just have to make this and see for yourself. :)
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Sorry, Linus, but pumpkins were killed in the making of this dessert.
Recipe Link
Ingredients
1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin puree
1 (12 fl. oz.) can evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 cup white sugar
4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 (18.25 oz.) box yellow cake mix
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl combine pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar and spice. Mix well and pour into a 9x13 pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix over top. Drizzle melted butter on top of cake mix. Top with chopped pecans. Bake for 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
Adapted slightly from Allrecipes
The pecans roasted on top while baking and they were sooooooooo delicious! |
Better than getting a rock in your trick-or-treat bag. (If you don't get it---go watch the show!)
Much Much Much Better!
This is kind of a unique dessert. The best way I can describe it is........if a pumpkin pie and a coffee cake got married, this would be their baby. A sweet, sweet baby that would be loved by everyone! That's the best I can do. I guess you'll just have to make this and see for yourself. :)
This recipe is featured at:
I also share recipes at these linky parties.
Lois at Walking on Sunshine/wife of the colonel just posted this same recipe yesterday. she made hers without nuts.
ReplyDeleteI do this and call it pumpkin dump cake.
Either way, it is yummy and yours looks fabulous.
Thank you, Spatulas on Parade. I just went over and checked out Lois' Pumpkin Crunch Cake. There's a few different measurements and I didn't add any salt, but yes basically the same dessert. This dessert was new to our family and we loved it!
DeleteYou said it best, pumpkin pie married a crumb cake! Your photos are amazing! Great minds DO think alike! Glad you stopped by so I could come here and see your version! I definitely need to buy pecans next time I make this! Enjoy your day! Are you coming tomorrow for Foodie Friends Friday? :)
ReplyDeleteHi again :) Thank you for coming over and for your kind comment! Yes, I plan to join the party tomorrow!
DeleteThis looks so very good! I have some pumpkin waiting to be made into this wonderful looking desert!
ReplyDeleteI am now following you!
Hi Cynthia,
DeleteThank you so much for following! Even my teenager who doesn't like pumpkin, still loved this dessert. You won't be disappointed. Have a great weekend! :)
Oh how I LOVE everything pumpkin! Love the ease of making this and it looks fabulous! Thanks so much for being the first to link up at Weekend Potluck. Have a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm already trying to decide which pumpkin recipe to make next! I was lucky and got to be first this time to the potluck. Thank you for being a wonderful hostess and I hope you have a great weekend, too! :)
DeleteI have this exact recipe I received from a coworker about 5 years ago! She found it in a cookbook. When I make it I use spice cake mix and reduce the sugar to 1/2 cup. Every time I make it, someone asks for the recipe!!! It is so delicious!
ReplyDeleteHi Kristin Rae,
DeleteI can see how spice cake would taste wonderful in this dessert. Your recipe sounds delicious. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your version. :)
I make a similar recipe and it is one of my favorites!
ReplyDeleteHa, I thought of Charlie Brown too! Thanks for bringing this over to Foodie Friends Friday =)
ReplyDeleteAlways a fan of recipes that use cake mixes (and allrecipes.com - its my go to recipe site!) I'm pinning this!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pin! Allrecipes is one of my favorite recipe sites, too.
DeleteLove your blog. Great title! What a tasty looking recipe. Cannot wait to try this on my eager family. Come and visit us. We are having a great giveaway this week.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I'm coming over to visit....
DeleteSomeone shared a recipe like this with me and I did a post about it and I couldn't believe the result. It was SO delicious! Yours looks amazing...thank you so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa,
DeleteThank you! I was surprised, too that it turned out so delicious. Thank you for hosting Mix it up Monday. It's always a great party! :)
Oooh, sweet love, this sounds so good. Thank you for sharing this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Hope to see your prettiness again on Monday. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
ReplyDeleteI've not seen this recipe before, but I think it's going on the Thanksgiving menu!
ReplyDeleteAnd when I saw the name of it, I thought of Charlie Brown, too. Good stuff! :)
Happy Friday lady!!
ReplyDeleteI immediately thought of Charlie Brown too!! :) Just wanted to let you know that you are one of the features this week for last week's Pumpkin Party!!
Hope you have a great weekend!!