Recipe: Pumpkin Cake

Pumpkin Cake


Servings: 6 to 8

Ingredients for Cake:

• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 4 eggs, beaten
• ¾ cups sugar
• ½ cup oil
• 1 cup pumpkin pie mix
• ¼ cup water
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg

Ingredients for Icing:

• ½ cup (1 stick) margarine, melted
• 1 box confectioners’ sugar
• 3 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup pecans, toasted

Directions for Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease and flour a Bundt pan.
3. In large mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, sugar, oil, pumpkin pie mix, water, cinnamon, & nutmeg, and beat with a portable mixer.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
5. Bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Directions for Icing:

1. In large bowl, combine the margarine, sugar, cream cheese, & vanilla, beating well with a portable mixer.
2. When cake is cool, spread on the icing, and garnish the cake with pecans.