Friday, September 9, 2011

Pumpkin Spice Cake

My sister, Jenn and I have been switching days making after school snacks for the kids.  It's worked out really well!  Some days are a little slimmer than others.  (Their snack from me on Wednesday was graham cracker and frosting sandwiches).  Today I half way forgot it was my day and scrounged my pantry for something yummy to make for them.  This is what I came up with! (I left the decision up to Jenn if she wanted to use this as the after school snack or save it for dessert. :-))
Now as much as I would LOVE to say "I whipped this baby up from scratch in just under 3.5 hours", I can't. This recipe was SUPER easy and VERY delicious!  Now being incredibly lame as I am.  I totally forgot to take pictures of the actual making of the cake.  Ooops!  Never fear, you truly aren't missing anything!  
First things first...gather up your ingredients!

1 - box of your favorite brand of yellow cake mix
1 - 15oz can of prepared pumpkin pie filling
3 - eggs
2 - teaspoons of cinnamon
1 pinch of nutmeg
Feel free to add some yummy extras like nuts, raisin or heck even chocolate chips!

Now preheat your oven to 350°F.  Mix all of the ingredients together in a medium bowl (except the yummy extras).  Make sure it's mixed well with no clumps.  If you are adding yummy extras, stir them in last.  Next grease and flour your bundt pan.  You can use any cake pan you'd like...I think the bundt pan gives it a pretty look. :-)  Fill your pan with the batter and stick that bad boy in the oven.  I baked two in my oven at once and they were done at exactly 40 mins.  If a toothpick comes out clean...you're all good!

Here's how pretty it came straight out of the oven.  Let it cool in the pan for about 5 mins.

The crisco and flour help the cake slide out easily!  Let it cool for 10-15 minutes on a rack.

Now there are two ways you can do your cream cheese frosting glaze.  The super easy way is to buy a can of  cream cheese frosting, scoop a bit out in a microwave safe bowl and nuke it for about 15 seconds or until it's liquidy.  <---Fear my made up words!  Then use a fork to drizzle it on the cake. 
I like to make my own cause then it can be a bit more cream cheesey. <----There's another one! :-)  I do this all to taste, so bear with me. 
I use about 4 oz of cream cheese
About 1.5 cups of powdered sugar 
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2 tablespoons of milk
You are going to mix this all together until it's creamy.  It's going to be like regular frosting so you will need to nuke it until it's liquidy.  Use a fork to drizzle it on the cake.

And there you have the finished product!  




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35 comments:

  1. and let me just say - it tasted better than it looks (and that's saying a lot). It was just pumpkiny (I make up words too) enough and all the tastes together were heavenly!!! This will go on my winter baking list :)

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  2. I love this cake! I might just make it this weekend. :)

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  3. Thank you Jenn! Glad you enjoyed it! :-) Dorothy...it's wonderful and SO easy!

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  4. Who doesn't love a good bundt cake? I'm so glad pumpkin season is here! I love seeing recipes like this.

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  5. Exactly Abby! It's Fall and I'm REALLY excited for all the yummy food that comes with it! :-)

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  6. I think that sounds like the perfect Fall cake (:

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  8. This sounds tasty? Do you think it would taste as good with just regular canned pumpkin?

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  9. Hi Jenn,
    I think it probably wouldn't have as much of the "spice" taste in it with just regular pumpkin. If you wanted to prepare the canned pumpkin with either pumpkin spice or the spices that you would add for pumpkin pie it would be about the same. I'm also of the mind to just give it a try and see how it turns out! :-) Good luck!

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  10. Great tutorial..Yummy Awesome idea.. I found ya via Made By You Monday linky /hop and I'm officially following your blog with smiles..Can't wait to read more..Hope you can stop in and say hello sometime :)) Ty.. I'm Marilyn from http://theartsygirlconnection.blogspot.com

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  11. Thanks Marilyn! I'll be sure and head over to your blog!

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  12. That looks so delicious. Cannot wait to try the recipe out. Come over and visit us. We have a terrific apple sausage casserole today.

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  13. Carolinaheartstrings...I LOVE apple sausage!! I'm definitely going to check it out!! Thank you!

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  14. Boy does that look and sound delicious! Mmmmm!
    I would LOVE for you to link this to my Fall Snack Challenge party; it would be perfect. I know my readers will think it's just as yummy as I do!

    http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2011/09/falling-for-crafts-challenge-2.html

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  15. Thanks Amy! I'll head over right now and link up to your party!

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  16. I nice slice of bundt cake makes for a tasty after school snack. :-) Thank you for participating at Joy of Desserts and I look forward to more recipes from both of you. Come back soon.

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  18. Looks yummy and I can swear that I can smell it from here.

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  19. This looks yummy! Thanks for linking up for Friday Favorites. I'm featuring you this week. Come by and grab my featured button if you'd like one.

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  20. Thanks Terry! Seriously it makes the entire house smell delicious!

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  21. Thanks so much Jerri! I really appreciate you featuring me! I've grabbed your button and will put it on our blog. Thanks again!

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  22. This is fantastic in many ways...I appreciate you linking it up!

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  24. What a fun idea to switch making after school snacks. How wonderful to have your sister so close by as well.
    This Pumpkin Spice Cake looks SO delicious. I wish I could eat a slice right now!
    Thanks so much for stopping by and linking this post to my "All Things Wonderful Wed. Link Party". I hope that you will come by again this week.
    Take care,
    Shauna
    myshaenoel.blogspot.com

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  25. Thanks Shauna! We'll definitely come by again! :-)

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  26. Oh, this looks amazing! I should not be doing this link party (TTT)when I'm hungry. We love pumpkin flavor around here. I'll definitely be making this soon!
    Michael Ann
    http://thebiggreenbowl.blogspot.com

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  27. Thank you Michael Ann! I know what you mean...looking at all the awesome food just makes me even more hungry!!

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  28. beautifully done, looks so delicious! thanks for sharing your recipe! visiting late from FTF, hope to see you around. thanks and have a great week. :)

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  30. I featured this awesome recipe!!!
    http://www.thegingerbreadblog.com/2011/09/sweet-saturday-v6.html

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  31. Thank you April! I really appreciate that! :-)

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  32. Thank you so much April for this great and easy recipe, it looks sooo good! I love it with the drizzle and I use lemon juice instead of milk and it gives the drizzle a little sour and sweet taste. So nice meeting you, I'm your newest follower, hope you visit too. Hugs, FABBY

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  33. Thanks Fabby! I'm going to try the lemon juice idea!

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  34. Great idea to switch off after school snack days. I'm going to have to move next door to you all and join in. OR, you could all move to Texas. There are still lots available in my hood. I'll fight off the scorpions for you. You can swim in my non-existent pool on hot days. Is it a plan???

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  35. LOL! I vote you move here! The house right next door to me is for sale! :-) I'm SUPER scared of scorpions...I'm pretty sure I'd have a heart attack if I even saw one! MOVE HERE!!!! :-)

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