Each week we have been bringing you tips, recipes, and more to help you cross items off our West Omaha Macaroni Kid Fall Bucket List. If you missed it, click HERE!
While our bucket list includes baking a pie, I am going to be honest and tell you to go buy one. Seriously, it will be delicious, save you a headache, a mess in the kitchen, and the salty tears that come with an attempt to make your own crust! I honestly have never tasted a bad pumpkin pie, except one someone made from scratch once. There are dozens of places to get a pumpkin pie and they are all delicious. My husband (who has the metabolism of a teenager) buys the giant pumpkin pies from Costco every year and then hides it on top of the refrigerator where none of us can see or reach it. I can't even be mad, because he is saving many evenings of inner monologues about whether or not to have a piece.
So, instead I wanted to share a super yummy pumpkin cake recipe I make. Seriously y'all, it is sooo good! Like a pecan pie and a pumpkin pie had a delicious gooey, crunchy, curl your toes yummy baby. It is super simple, so definitely give it a go!
Yummy Pumpkin Crunch Cake
Ingredients:
1 15oz of pumpkin pie filling
2 Tbsp of pumpkin pie spice
1 can evaporated milk
1/2 cup brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 box yellow cake mix
Crunchy Topping:
¾ cup chopped pecans and ¾ cup chopped almonds
½ cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp granulated sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1 Tbsp corn syrup
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
Step 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13 baking dish.
Step 2. For the pumpkin base, combine the pumpkin pie filling, evaporated milk, granulated sugar and ½ cup brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and eggs. Mix all ingredients until well blended. Pour the pumpkin base mixture into the greased and floured dish.
Step 3. Next, sprinkle the package of yellow cake mix (dry) over the entire pumpkin base.
Step 4. Finally, create the crunchy goodness to top your cake. Mix together your pecans, almonds, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and salt, until well combined. Add vanilla and corn syrup to the mixture and stir until evenly distributed. Sprinkle mixture over the entire cake, distributing evenly.
Step 5. Bake cake in the oven for 45-50 minutes. Cake can be enjoyed warm or cold!
And if after all of this you are still thinking you want to make yourself a pumpkin pie from scratch... Just follow the recipe on the back of the can. You got this mama!
