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Pumpkin Dump Cake

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 11/06/20Updated: 11/15/21

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pumpkin dump cake with ice cream

Pumpkin Dump Cake is full of fall flavor with pumpkin and cinnamon. I’ve added a secret ingredient into the topping to give it more flavor and texture.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Albertsons. All opinions are 100% mine.

Dump Cake is the perfect quick and easy dessert and we love it with fruit too – this Berry Dump Cake is on repeat at our house.

pouring caramel over pumpkin dump cake

Best Pumpkin Dump Cake

A pumpkin Dump Cake is the perfect holiday dessert to make, especially when you are craving all the flavors of a pumpkin pie but want something easier. A Dump Cake is so that for a reason, you literally dump all the ingredients together and bake! It is so easy.

If Pumpkin Pie is a tradition and a favorite at your house, you are going to love this recipe.

pumpkin dump cake ingredients

Your holiday food shopping has never been easier. Whether you are cooking for just the two of you or for a large family, thanks to Albertsons you can find everything you need in one place. They make it so easy to create all your favorite, delicious holiday traditions!

Albertsons is the perfect place to stock up on everything you need for your holiday baking, baking and gift giving essentials at a great price and with top quality. Be sure and check out all the fun limited edition pumpkin flavored snacks they have!

piece of pumpkin dump cake

How to Make Pumpkin Dump Cake

Pumpkin Puree – this is NOT Pumpkin Pie Filling, you just want Pumpkin and Albertson’s Signature SELECTâ„¢ brand is 100% Pure Pumpkin.

can of pumpkin puree

Pumpkin Pie Seasoning – the perfect blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves.

bottle of pumpkin pie seasoning

Ingredients

  • Brown Sugar
  • Eggs
  • Evaporated Milk
  • Yellow Cake Mix – don’t have a yellow cake mix? Use a white cake mix or a spice cake mix.
  • Graham Crackers
  • Butter

Shop Albertson store’s exclusive brands like Signature SELECT™, Lucerne®, Open Nature® and O Organics® for the best quality ingredients.

pouring milk into cake mix.

After mixing together the pumpkin, pumpkin pie seasoning, brown sugar and eggs, pour in the evaporated milk.

Pour the mixture into a greased 9 x 13 pan and then top with dry cake mix. Use it straight out of the box.

dry cake mix on dump cake

Now for the secret ingredient. I love to add broken up graham crackers to the top of my Pumpkin Dump Cake. It gives some great flavor and I love the crunch of the crackers. I use the same trick for my Apple Crisp. You can also add in chopped pecans if you prefer. I am just not a fan of nuts in my baked goods.

bag of pecans

Sprinkle your graham crackers or nuts on top of the cake mix – or live dangerously and use both!!

dump cake before baking

Next, you will add the butter. Most Dump Cake recipes call for you to melt the butter and then drizzle it over the top. I find it is hard to get a good even coverage doing it that way so I prefer to grate my butter while it is still frozen in the food processor and then sprinkle over the top. The butter melts more evenly and you get better butter coverage.

grated butter on top of dump cake.

By grating the butter, you don’t end up with dry patches of cake mix after baking. You end up with a beautiful golden brown top.

baked pumpkin dump cake

Serving

Let the cake cool for about 15 minutes and then serve it while it is warm. It is delicious at room temperature or chilled. Of course, adding a scoop of ice cream to the warm pumpkin dump cake is my favorite way to enjoy it. And take it one step further and better and add some caramel sauce too! This is my favorite homemade caramel sauce.

pumpkin dump cake with ice cream and caramel sauce

I shopped at Albertons, but you can also find all your holiday baking needs at the Albertsons Companies family of stores, including Albertsons, Safeway, ACME Markets, Jewel-Osco, Randalls, Shaw’s Supermarket, Star Market, Tom Thumb and Vons.

Albertsons also offers Grocery Delivery and DriveUp & Goâ„¢ for convenient ways to shop!

For more delicious pumpkin recipes check out these:

  • Pumpkin Bars
  • Pumpkin Pie
  • Small Batch Pumpkin Pie
  • No Bake Pumpkin Pie
  • Pumpkin Cheesecake

Pumpkin Dump Cake Recipe

4.72 from 7 votes
pouring caramel over pumpkin dump cake

Pumpkin Dump Cake

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Pumpkin Dump Cake is full of fall flavor with pumpkin and cinnamon. I've added a secret ingredient into the topping to give it more flavor and texture.
serves: 12 servings
Prep:10 minutes minutes
Cook:50 minutes minutes
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Total:1 hour hour
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Ingredients

  • 1 15 oz pumpkin puree
  • 1 10 oz evaporated milk
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 1 cup butter melted or frozen and grated
  • 1 cup graham crackers coarsely chopped
  • 1 cup pecans coarsely chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Grease a 9×13 pan.
  • In a bowl, combine pumpkin, milk, sugar, eggs and pumpkin pie seasoning. Mix to combine.
  • Pour mixture into prepared pan.
  • Sprinkle the top with the entire box of dry cake mix.
  • Add graham cracker pieces and or nuts.
  • Add layer of grated butter, cover entire surface.
  • Bake for 45-50 minutes or until it is set in the middle and golden brown.
  • Allow to cool and sit for 15 minutes and serve warm.

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 311kcal (16%) Carbohydrates: 25g (8%) Protein: 3g (6%) Fat: 23g (35%) Saturated Fat: 11g (69%) Cholesterol: 82mg (27%) Sodium: 205mg (9%) Potassium: 91mg (3%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 20g (22%) Vitamin A: 550IU (11%) Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) Calcium: 40mg (4%) Iron: 1mg (6%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Dessert
Cuisine:American
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  1. Suzi Merz says

    Posted on 11/15 at 8:13 pm

    Really good and very easy to make. Everyone loved it.

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  2. Diane says

    Posted on 11/12 at 2:27 pm

    Love it. It’s so easy, I’m going to teach my Girl Scout troop to make this for Thanksgiving! You are right, the graham crackers really make this cake stand out!

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  3. Nammi says

    Posted on 11/8 at 11:33 pm

    Yumm
    I love cakes like these, easy to make and looks so yuummm

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