Nov 01, 2009 16:04
... Pumpkin Crunch Cake!
Yeah, I'm not usually the recipe-posting type, but I've been feeling pretty bruised and battered the past few weeks, so here's the dessert I made today, to go with roast pork and baked apples.
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WARNING:The Cake is a lie! It has no redeeming virtues, except that it is fun to make with small children, and if you recently suffered catastrophic weight loss, it will fix you up right quick. Proceed at your own risk!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease a 13 x 9 inch cake pan.
In a large bowl, whisk together:
1 16 oz can solid pack pumpkin
1 12 oz can evaporated milk
3 large egs
1 1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
4 tsp pumpkin pie spice*
Pour into cake pan. Sprinkle evenly on top
1 box yellow cake mix
Top with
1 cup crushed pecans
Drizzle over the top
1 cup melted butter**
Bake at 350 degrees F for 50 minutes to an hour until golden brown. It will be squishy and gloopy. Served warm is best, and with cinnamon whip cream, because I'm not going to be able to button those pants any time soon anyhow.
*I make my own with 2 tsp cinnamon, and 1/2 tsp each ground cloves, mace, ginger, nutmeg, and cardamom
**Yeah, you read that right. ONE CUP melted butter, and I do mean butter, not margarine or oleo, isn't it a little late to start thinking about your arteries or your waistline now?