You heard me. Two ingredients. Count them. One. Two. When my friend Bobby told me about this cake and that I would loooove it, I had to try it right away. It starts out with a cake mix *gasp* beat with a can of pumpkin filling. That’s it. The batter color was beautiful and since it had no raw eggs I got to taste that thick and creamy batter without fear. Delish. Bobby said that I could use any cake mix I wanted and that chocolate was delicious. I still needed to bake this up before I could say for sure that it would be a success. I have done all those fat free cakes in the past with apple sauce in place of oil and had to swallow tough and gummy cakes, pretending (hoping) each bite improved. When I removed this cake from the oven I was pleased with the beautiful color and texture. After it cooled I wanted a nice glaze, something with spunk. I thought to make up a glaze with apple cider to enhance the pumpkin flavor. The cider glaze was over the top good and I will make it again for other Fall-time cakes. After dinner last night, I served this cake and it was a hit with my family. It had the texture of a sponge cake and was not chewy at all. The taste was nice and I could not really distinguish a distinct pumpkin flavor but a nice flavor all the same. If you are in a hurry and need a quick, pretty, and tasty cake, try this one.
Pumpkin Cake
One Cake mix- I used yellow
1 -15 ounce can 100% pumpkin- puree, not pumpkin pie filling
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl mix cake mix with pumpkin filling using a hand mixer or a stand mixer. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Pour batter into a greased 7 x 11 inch baking dish. Bake for 28 minutes or until tooth pick comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting. Serves 8.
Apple Cider Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
2 T. apple cider
1/2 t. pumpkin pie spice
In a small bowl blend all ingredients until smooth. Pour over Pumpkin Cake letting it drizzle down the sides of the cake. Let set before covering.
Thanks Bobby!
UPDATE- Read through the comments and see how others are making this cake. Carol made hers into soft cookies! Cathy from Noble Pig loved this cake too!
Update 9/28/11- Just made these the other day baked up in 8 (8 ounce) wide-mouth mason jars for my kids’ lunchboxes. Under baked them a few minutes so they would be a bit puddingy and kept it really simple by sprinkling them with powdered sugar. They loved these!
You may also like my Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
Robin Sue
196 Comments
Get out!!! Two ingredients?? That looks delicious! What a perfect easy recipe to prepare for a potluck.
I have made this before as cupcakes with devils food cake and they came out great. I love the cider glaze.
I love easy recipes like this when I am strapped for time.
I just made your corn dogs. They were fabulous! Come check it out.
That looks pretty good. I wonder about the “you can use any cake mix” comment though. I have a couple recipes that use cake mix and the results vary wildly depending on what mix I use.
At any rate this one looks pretty good. I don’t have apple cider though but I bet the icing would still be good if I used sour apple schnaps. Though I just left my bottle at a friends house because I was sure that he would get more use out of it than I would. If you are in the market for a solid green apple martini recipe just let me know.
Great with cream cheese frosting ….even store bought;)
I really love recipes like this, especially when I want something quick. I’m not opposed to using a cake mix every now and then.
How easy is that!!! Nice and quick and easy. Love that.
Apple cider glaze looks and sounds like the perfect touch, this is a mighty tasty cake
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Veronica- Yup it is easy and good too. Bonus!
Lisa- I would like to try it with Devil’s food next. I like the pumpkin and chocolate combo.
Dawn- Thanks so much! Loved the Corn Dog post and your addition of cheese and cayenne. HOT!
Graham – sour apple snapps would work just fine. I was even considering Bourbon. I think a Bourbon glaze would do nicely too!
Tanya- A cake mix now and again can be a real time saver indeed! Thanks for your comment!
Theresa- Thanks for stopping by. Yup super easy!
sophie- Thanks! It is super delicious too! I love easy!
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I AM TOTALLY MAKING THIS…couldn’t be simpler!
Without the oil and eggs this sounds super healthy!
Miss Robin Sue,
I made two of them today! It was the perfect thing! Thanks!
well hot diggity dog! what a great idea–kudos to the gal who first came up with it! i love your glaze, too–lovely touch.
Something quick and easy is sometimes the best thing! I like convenience too!
Man, it doesn’t get better or easier than that! Your photos are droolicious!
~ingrid
Would it taste wierd if you added pumpkin pie spice to the batter to emphasize the pumpkin flavor?
Yum! Thanks for the great tip!
Satria- Thanks.
Noble Pig- Make It Now!
Anon- I am so happy you liked!
Grace- Thank you! And Hurray for the first one who thought of this!
Honey B- Thanks for the Stumble! I appreciate it big time!
Ingrid- Welcome glad you like this idea. Try it out!
Ellie- Thanks for stopping in. I don’t think it would be weird at all!
ooo…this looks yummy! i want to make pumpkin cupcakes for thanksgiving – this would work for that too, right? but i’m not a huge pumpkin fan…could i use a 1/2 can? i’m going to do cream cheese frosting though
j*amy- this would work for cupcakes too. My kids did not think this tasted overly pumpkiny so a whole can is fine and have you tried my Browned Butter Cream Cheese Frosting- it would be perfect for this cake!
Fabulous…and so easy to make! I love it!
We made this last night and it seemed a little “bland”. I think I will add in some pumpkin spice and a little bit of oil.
The glaze was delish though!
I used a spice cake mix instead of the yellow and its superb! I also add about 1/3 cup water and make the big muffin size cakes and they are perfect for a snack or breakfast, and no glaze topping, it doesnt need that.
I love diet cake! This also works with a can of diet soda. Two ingredients: box cake mix, one can diet soda. Mix and bake. This provides a soft, absolutely delicious cake. Check out my blog on this delight: http://twintables.blogspot.com/2007/05/diet-cake.html
Meg- Yes very easy!!
lynne- Thank you for your honest opinion. Yes the cake is very simple tasting therefore the yummy glaze. This recipe can go in so many directions with a little spice, chocolate, nuts, etc. I baked it in the purest and simplest form so I can know how to doctor it in the future and I bet many will be playing with this recipe for years to come. It will be fun to see some of the combinations people come up with. Thanks for stopping by!!
Twin Tables- Thanks for stopping in! I bet it is nice with a can of diet soda. It seems like we can almost add anything to a cake mix and come out with a decent cake! Cool! I’ll stop in and check out your recipe!
Awesome, I thought this looked familiar! Thief.
http://noblepig.com/2008/11/11/the-pilgrims-would-approve.aspx
The hell? You dummy, did you even read what you linked?? Here, let me help you:
“I saw this recipe for Two-Ingredient Pumpkin Cake with Apple Cider Glaze on Robin Sue’s blog, Big Red Kitchen, I knew I had to give it a shot.”
Get out.
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