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
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Trying this tonight with the glaze – am I missing something? The glaze recipe is
1 cup powdered sugar
2 T. apple cider
1/2 t. pumpkin pie spice
Is that 2 tsp of cider? Is all that sugar going to dissolve in such a little amount?
Thanks!!
Natalie- it is 2 tablespoons cider with the sugar. Have fun and enjoy!!
I have made something much like this recently. First, I made chocolate muffins using a devil's food cake mix and pumpkin. I used an electric mixer to make it super light and fluffy. Lastly, I made brownies using a brownie mix and pumpkin. I mixed them by hand to keep them the right consistency. I think that is what makes all the difference. Now I'll have to try making a cake with icing. Yummy!
I didn't read all the comments, so maybe this has been said, but I would definitely add pumpkin pie spice to the cake recipe. It wouldn't be 2 ingredients anymore, but you have to get out the pumpkin pie spice for the glaze anyway, so it doesn't really count, right?
I've made a very similar recipe before but as cupcakes with cream cheese icing. That recipe did call for a little pumpkin pie spice. I think it is a good add!
This looks incredible. I love pumpkin desserts! I must try it!
I made it tonight and it was delicious! I don't have the ingredients for the apple sauce but I'm going to frost it with chocolate when it cools. Since there isn't any pumpkin flavor I think it'll work. Thanks for your great post.
omg, you're my new shero! that sounds delish!
Delicious! I'm new to the blogging world but mentioned you in a post I just wrote about my experience making muffins with the recipe on my blog A Blissfully Chaotic Life. Thanks!
wow, this looks fabulous – so you just mix the dry cake mix with the pumpkin puree? you don't make the cake batter first? that's amazing!!
So easy! Thanks! I'll use this soon (and make muffins, as well).
~Heidi
Has anyone tried this in a bundt pan?? Any changes I should know about before I make it? Thanks!
Just blogged about this. Awesome recipe, thank you!
http://sweet-verbena.blogspot.com/2011/08/pumpkin-muffins.html?spref=fb
My kids LOVE this! I have made with White Cake Mix and Spice Cake Mix. Both were fabulous!!! Super easy, super moist, fluffy… YUMMINESS!
So first, I have to say this is ridiculous. I love it. We have food allergies in our house and so I used Bob's Red Mill Vanilla Cake Mix with organic pumpkin puree. I added some yummy gluten free spices and then topped it with an orange glaze (zest and juice of one orange with powdered sugar). I cannot tell you how yummy it was. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your idea!
This looks so quick and easy. I'm gonna try it with a gluten free (since I have celiac disease) cake mix and see how turns out. At the very least I will make it for everyone else for Thanksgiving. Thanks for sharing!
Has anyone tried it with a Betty Crocker G-free cake mix?
I made this cake and it is SO good! I featured it on my blog! http://www.homeandfaith.blogspot.com
I linked it back to your site!! God bless!
I loved the cake. Not so crazy about the glaze. My powdered sugar tasted like soap. I ended up making one from 3T Simply Apple, 1t vanilla, 2T butter, and 1t cornstarch 1/2t pumpkin pie spice. Bring to a boil and pour over. It was a hit!
can you use this with brownie mix and make brownies??
EBS- I have never tried it. I wonder? Hmmmm… May want to give it a google and see if it has ever been done before. But many do use different cake mix flavors, like chocolate cake mix and say it is good.
Hi! My batter is so thick that it does not spread out when cooking. Am I doing it wrong?
The batter will be thick, be sure to spread it to the edges of the pan before baking. Enjoy!!
Has anyone tried mixing in cinnamon or nutmeg with this recipe? Would that be too much??
Anon- sure you can add spices which would be very good. Then it would be 3 ingredient cake!!
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