Upside Down Pumpkin Cake

Description

This has become my family’s favorite dessert at Thanksgiving, taking the place of pumpkin pie! Walnuts can be substituted for pecans.

Ingredients

  • 1 (29 ounce) can pumpkin puree
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • salt to taste
  • 1 ¾ cups white sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix with pudding
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 cup butter, melted

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. In a mixing bowl
  3. blend pumpkin
  4. cinnamon
  5. cloves
  6. salt
  7. sugar
  8. eggs
  9. and milk. Pour mixture into a 9×13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle dry cake mix and nuts over the batter. Pour melted butter over the cake.
  10. Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes
  11. then let cool. The cake will be liquidy at first
  12. but will solidify as it cools.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Servings: 8

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