A nice easy alternative to pumpkin pie or pumpkin cake!

Ingredients

Crust:
1	package yellow or spice cake mix (set aside one cup of the dry mix before proceeding)
1/2	cup melted butter or margarine
1	egg
Filling:
29	ounce pumpkin
2	eggs
2/3	cup evaporated milk
1 1/2	teaspoon cinnamon
1	teaspoon ground ginger
1/2	teaspoon nutmeg
1/4	teaspoon ground cloves
1/2	cup brown sugar
Topping:
1/2	cup sugar
1/4	cup brown sugar
1	tablespoon cinnamon
1/3	cup butter or margarine
1/3	cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Grease and flour a 8X11 inch baking pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
   
   
2. Disregard instructions on cake mix box, you're not going to bake a cake. Mix dry cake mix (minus 1 cup dry mix) and melted butter. Add egg and mix till it holds together (different cake mixes react differently, so you may need to add a small amount of milk 1/2 tsp. at a time, if necessary to hold mixture together).
   
   
3. Pat crust mixture into pan with your fingers, coating bottom and up the sides about 1 inch.
   
   
4. Mix together the filling ingredients, along with the reserved 1 cup of dry cake mix, and pour into the crust.
   
   
5. Mix the topping ingredients (minus the optional nuts) together with a fork or pastry blender till mixture is crumbly. Mix in nuts, if desired.
   
   
6. Sprinkle topping mixture over filling and bake for 45-60 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
   
   
7. 8. Cool and serve with whipped cream.
   
   

Categories

Dessert, Thanksgiving

Nutritional Analysis

Nutrition Grade 96% confidence

Good points Very high in vitamin A

Bad points Very high in sugar