This Easy Pumpkin Spice Dump Cake Recipe will be your new fall recipe favorite. A beautiful way to embrace the fall flavors!
This pumpkin cake dump cake recipe with whipped cream frosting is easily made with a boxed cake mix and canned pumpkin. It is also known as a pumpkin dump cake with spice cake mix.
If you bake it in a sheet cake pan, you can have a lot of servings of this tasty pumpkin cake. This is one of our easy fall recipes you will want to bookmark for later.
Hello Friends! We are fully into pumpkin season and today's easy pumpkin dump cake recipe with spice cake mix is easy and delicious!
Why You Will Love This Pumpkin Bars with Spice Cake Mix Recipe
Easy Recipe. This Pumpkin Spice cake is made with some pumpkin and cake mix and just a few ingredients, making it the easiest dessert ever - super simple to make.
Tasty. This simple pumpkin dump cake recipe has a nice pumpkin flavor and the spices make it a wonderful dessert that is perfect for any fall celebration and the whole family will love it.
Festive. I like to make this easy fall dessert in a sheet pan so that it makes more pumpkin bars.
This pumpkin spice cake recipe is very flexible. I prefer to bake it in a sheet pan and slice it in squares for smaller servings, but it can be made into a layer cake too.
I also like to give it just a dollop of whipped cream frosting, rather than entirely frosting the dessert, because I like the frosting to complement the flavors of the cake without overpowering it. It also makes a fun pumpkin bars.
Then, I top it with some chopped pecans, but you can dress it up for Halloween with candy corn too! Honestly the cake with the whipped cream tastes like a slice of creamy pumpkin pie only better!
It is truly a wonderfully easy dessert that I have adapted from a classic recipe. It is also great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients for Easy Pumpkin Spice Cake
- dry cake mix - use a spice cake mix. If you have a yellow cake mix, you make want to try this pumpkin cake mix with yellow cake.
- pumpkin - use canned pumpkin and not pumpkin pie filling
- eggs
- butter
- vanllla
- pumpkin spice - use homemade pumpkin spice or a grocery store spice blend.
Full list in recipe card.
How To Make This Easy Dump Cake Recipe
Step 1 - Mix Spice Cake and Pumpkin
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Step 2 - Pour into Baking Dish
Step 3 - Bake until Pumpkin cake is Golden Brown
Serve with Whipped Cream Topping
More Pumpkin Dessert Recipes
These are perfect for Thanksgiving desserts.
For more great pumpkin recipes, check out:
- Pumpkin Mug Cake - so simple and a quick dessert for one or two people.
- Pumpkin Scones - delicious pumpkin spice flavor in a breakfast or tea scone.
- Pumpkin Twists - Another quick dessert or brunch recipe.
- Pumpkin Lasagna Dessert- A beautiful creamy layered dessert.
- Pumpkin Snickerdoodles - A pumpkin version of a favorite cookie!
Top Tip
I like to top these with a burst of cream cheese and a few nuts, you can also completely frost the cake if you wish.
It is a nice cake with the flavors of pumpkin pie!
More Easy Pumpkin Dessert Recipes
📖 Recipe
Easy Pumpkin Spice Dump Cake Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Large Bowl
- 1 13 x 9" baking pan
- 1 hand mixer or stand mixer
Ingredients
- 1 box spice cake mix
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Whipped Cream Frosting
- 2 cups heavy cream
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees f.
- Grease and flour 13" x 9" baking pan.
- MIx ingredients together in a bowl for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour pumpkin mixture into prepared baking dish.
- Bake 30 - 35 minutes until toothpick comes out clean and cake is golden brown.
- Cool and frost with frosting recipe below.
Whipped Cream Frosting for Pumpkin Spice Cake
- Whip heavy cream in mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar and mix until blended
- Top each square with a dollop. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.
Notes
Nutrition
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Tamara
Cassidy makes a cake just like this! He calls it Pumpkin Surprise and it's totally heavenly. YUM.
Chas
I love all things pumpkin, thanks for sharing.
Raquel
We do too! Thanks for stopping by!