Rich Pumpkin Dessert

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Servings: 16
Yield: 16 servings

Description

A spiced pumpkin layer is topped with yellow cake mix and pecans for a rich pumpkin pie alternative for the Thanksgiving table.

Ingredients

1 (15 ounce) can solid-pack pumpkin
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
1 cup white sugar
3 eggs
4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Directions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
2 Mix pumpkin, evaporated milk, sugar, eggs, and pumpkin pie spice together in a bowl. Pour pumpkin mixture into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle cake mix over pumpkin mixture; drizzle with butter. Sprinkle pecans atop butter layer.
3 Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.