Lil' Pumpkin Dump Cake

Time :4 5

Yield :8 servings

Recipe Background

This is the sweetest Lil' Pumpkin Dump Cake you ever will taste! Not to mention, it's so, so easy to make. Before you get to work prepping the savory foods you're serving at your Halloween party, all you have to do is dump these warm, spicy, fall flavors into the slow cooker for the perfect spooky sweet treat! Your guests will scream with delight for this moist, pumpkin-flavored cake, topped with rich caramel sauce, smooth vanilla ice cream, and crunchy pecans. Lil' Pumpkin Dump Cake is the best pick of the dessert patch this season!

Ingredients

For the pumpkin cake:

1 (13.25-ounce) box vanilla cake mix
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 (15-ounce) can pure pumpkin
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

Optional, for serving:

vanilla ice cream to taste
1 (11.5-ounce) jar salted caramel topping such as Smucker's® Simple Delight® Salted Caramel Topping
pecans to taste, whole or roughly chopped

Directions

In a slow cooker, add the cake mix, the nutmeg, the ginger, and the cinnamon and whisk to combine.
In a medium bowl, add the pumpkin and the condensed milk and mix to combine.
Add the pumpkin mixture to the cake mix layer, but do not stir. Spread the pumpkin mixture out as evenly as possible over the cake layer.
Cover the slow cooker and cook the pumpkin cake on high heat, about 2 hours.
Uncover the slow cooker and stir the pumpkin cake. Cook on high heat until the cake is set, about 2 hours.
Scoop out the pumpkin cake and serve topped with the ice cream, the caramel topping, and the pecans.