Pumpkin Crunch Cake with Cinnamon Whipped Cream, Bourbon Salted Caramel and Dark Chocolate Chips

Pumpkin Crunch Cake

Fall is in the air!  Cooler weather, leaves falling, sweaters and boots, bonfires, apple and pumpkin EVERYTHING.  I love it!  Definitely my favorite season.  So I thought I’d start things right with this recipe for Pumpkin Crunch Cake.  I saw this recipe on The Picky Apple and since it had over HALF A MILLION pins on Pinterest, I thought it might be a good one to try.  The bottom is like a yummy custard type pumpkin pie and the top is cakey and slightly crunchy from the pecans.  So good!  I topped mine with homemade cinnamon whipped cream, Bourbon Salted Caramel from Fat Toad Farm and organic dark chocolate chips.  If you’re looking for a delicious fall recipe, this is the one!

Pumpkin Crunch Cake with Cinnamon Whipped Cream

 

Pumpkin Crunch Cake Slice

Enjoy!

Pumpkin Crunch Cake with Cinnamon Whipped Cream, Bourbon Salted Caramel and Dark Chocolate Chips
 
Ingredients
  • 1, 15 oz. Can Pumpkin Puree (NOT pumpkin pie mix)
  • 1, 12 oz. Can Evaporated Milk
  • 3 Large Eggs, room temperature
  • 1½ c. Sugar
  • 1 t. Cinnamon
  • ½ t. Salt
  • 1 t. Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1, 18.25 oz. Spice Cake Mix
  • 1½ c. Pecans
  • 1 c. Unsalted Butter, melted
  • Cinnamon Whipped Cream
  • Dark Chocolate Chips
  • Caramel Sauce
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10½ inch springform pan or 9x13 cake pan. I used a springform pan which did leak a little so I put a large, round baking pan under it.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, salt and vanilla. Pour into the pan and sprinkle the cake mix on top (I only used about ¾ of the cake mix because I used a springform pan), then the pecans and drizzle with the melted butter. Bake for 1 hour or until the middle of the cake is firm (mine took about 1 hour and 10 minutes). Cool completely. Top with cinnamon whipped cream, caramel and dark chocolate chips.

 

 

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