Pumpkin Walnut Cake

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Servings: 18
Yield: 18 servings

Description

This simple pumpkin walnut cake recipe is a blend of pumpkin and spices that are baked with cake mix, walnuts, and drizzled butter for a fall treat.

Ingredients

1 (15 ounce) can canned pumpkin puree
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
4 eggs
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
2 cups chopped walnuts
7/8 cup margarine, softened

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
2 Combine pumpkin, evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and salt in a large bowl: transfer to the prepared pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix over top, then sprinkle with walnuts, and drizzle with melted margarine.
3 Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C); continue baking until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, 15 minutes.