Cake Mix Pumpkin Pudding Cake
This easy cake mix pumpkin pudding cake recipe tastes like pumpkin pie but way better! 6 ingredients to dump in and bake this Fall pudding cake to moist perfection. Best Fall dessert for a brunch, breakfast or dessert with your family and friends.
Have you ever made a pudding cake before? Since it's Fall we are all about this easy pumpkin pudding cake! It is moist like a pumpkin pie with a similar flavor but more of a cake texture and a lot easier to bake if you ask us. Now on the list as one of our favorite easy dump cake recipes! (affiliate links present)
Easy Pumpkin Pudding Cake
With 6 ingredients total pumpkin pudding cake is easy to throw together for dessert or to take to a potluck! Alone is fabulous but topped with a bit of vanilla ice cream and seriously this is the most good pumpkin recipe you'll make this season, well other than our pumpkin monkey bread with cinnamon rolls of course.
You can serve it warm and fresh or ahead of time, refrigerate and take to a potluck to share as well. Either way it is a good slice of Fall flavors and easy to make as a cake mix recipe which we love.
Pumpkin Pudding Cake Yellow Cake Mix
You can use any type of mix you like, yellow or spice is what we use. See how moist it is! We adapted our recipe from this one that was cooked in a crockpot, but we wanted to use our oven this time. It's a bit addictive we must tell you, but easy enough to make it year round if you're a pumpkin fanatic like we are!
Some cook with hot water involved but this one doesn't and we think it comes out better. You can always find cans of pumpkin puree in the store but we tend to stock up on a few extra cans when they're super cheap in August or so. That way we can keep them in the cupboard for future months.
Similar to a pumpkin dump cake, this is a matter of mixing all the ingredients together, spreading it in a cake pan, and baking it for 35 minutes. long enough to cook but still remain moist, even on the end pieces. That is it! Ok, add vanilla ice cream to the list if you want it to be over the top delciousness to the max!
Ingredients
You will want 1 can pumpkin or you can Instant Pot pumpkin puree in less than 20 min.
- Box vanilla pudding mix
- 1 box spice cake mix
- yellow cake mix + pumpkin pie spice could be used, but not as good
- 1/2 cup heavy cream (we have used milk or almond milk and it was good also)
- milk2% or whole is best
- butter
- Could mix 3/4 cup brown sugar and nuts together and sprinkle on top for a crumble of sorts on top of cake batter if you'd like.
Equipment Needed
We are going to bake this in a 9×13″ baking dish / cake pan. You will need a large bowl to mix batter together. We like to serve with a scoop of ice cream / whipped cream & caramel sauce on top when done.
After you make this and we've convinced you that dump cakes and anything pumpkin is addicting, you should try our pumpkin pie dump cake!
Jello Pumpkin Spice Pudding Cake Recipe
To get started you; Mix together the spice cake mix and vanilla pudding mix. Add in your melted butter, milk, heavy cream (if you don't have heavy cream you can use milk instead) and pumpkin. Mix well with a spoon until powder is mixed in well. Spray non stick spray into a cake pan and spoon in your cake mixture. Spread evenly in pan.
In a preheated oven, bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Allow to cool for at least 15 minutes so it firms up and slices easier. Cut into squares and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top when cake is still warm, it is good! We have a printable recipe card at the bottom of this post but here is a quick rundown step by step.
#1 thing to remember – Do NOT overbake it. You want it firm enough in the middle to be done, when a toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean with a bit of goo on it. Then allow to cool in the pan to further firm up.
Other easy cake mix hacks you'll love
- Apple spice dump cake is great, or make 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins for a grab and go breakfast.
- Pumpkin zucchini muffins or our cake mix pumpkin blondies are great
- Our Banana pudding cake is the bomb
If you love custard too this magic custard cake is a winner and as moist as our pumpkin pudding cake is. Here are a few questions you might have before you get started
What does adding pudding to cake mix do?It makes it over the top incredibly moist! You know that pumpkin pie consistency, it is a bit like that but stiffer. We love doing this with all different kinds of flavors.
How do we make pudding cake?This recipe will show you how to make one with pumpkin and spice cake mix. Our Banana pudding cake with yellow cake mix is truly good too with slices of fresh fruit inside!
Do you refrigerate pudding cake?If you have leftovers we would cover and store in the fridge until you're ready to eat it yes. We do not warm it back up rather we eat it cold, sometimes for breakfast even!
Easy Pumpkin Pudding Cake Recipe
By Easy cake mix pumpkin pudding cake recipe tastes like pumpkin pie but way better! 6 ingredients to dump in and bake to moist perfection. Best Fall dessert! Prep: 10 minutes minsCook: 35 minutes minsTotal: 45 minutes minsServings: 12 Save Recipe Saved! Pin Recipe Comment Print Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 box spice cake mix
- 1 can pumpkin, 15 oz.
- 1/2 c heavy cream
- 1 stick butter melted
- 1 c milk
- 1 box vanilla pudding mix 5.1 oz
Instructions
- Mix together the spice cake mix and vanilla pudding mix.
- Add in your melted butter, milk, heavy cream (if you don't have heavy cream you can use milk instead) and pumpkin. Mix well with a spoon until powder is mixed in well.
- Spray non stick spray into a cake pan and spoon in your cake mixture. Spread evenly in pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
- Allow to cool for at least 15 minutes so it firms up and slices easier.
- Cut into squares and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top when cake is still warm, it is good!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Additional Info
Course: Breakfast, DessertCuisine: American Tried this recipe?Mention @thetypical_mom or tag #thetypicalmom!
