Pumpkin Spice Cake

This Pumpkin Spice cake is one of my favorite Quick and Easy Dessert Recipes as it’s simple and it’s also a tad bit magical. Just wait until you see how this easy pumpkin dessert actuall

Magic Pumpkin Spice Cake

Our son just loves the flavor of pumpkin spice, so naturally I had to come up with a pumpkin spice cake that I knew that he would love, right?! I had scoured cookbooks for days trying to come up with something, but everything that I came across had pecans, or walnuts. And, while he’s not allergic, he doesn’t exactly love them. Afterall, he’s only ten, so I totally get it. Although, I can only hope for his wife’s sake that he’ll dig a good pecan coffee cake recipe once he becomes an adult.

So, it’s fall so of course … it’s all things pumpkin. And around here that’s a good thing so I whipped up what I am calling my newest lava cake recipe of sorts, my pumpkin spice cake. But it’s sort of of like a pumpkin poke cake I guess? I’ll let you decide. What happens with this easy pumpkin cake is that you basically will be preparing a cake. And, then at the end, the topping gets put on and then you’ll douse the cake ingredients with hot water. And, then just like magic, once the cake bakes (and meanwhile your house smells a-mah-zing) then you’ll have a bit of “pumpkin spice lava” underneath the cake. Seriously. If you want a dessert that will impress guests this fall… you NEED this magical pumpkin spice cake in your life for real.

Here’s how to whip up this pumpkin cake:

Gather your ingredients:

1 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla

Topping ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cups hot water

First you’ll want to whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, sugar and all of those delicious fall spices. As you’re making this I promise you’ll get hungry – even the dry ingredients smell divine. Next, add the pumpkin, vegetable oil and vanilla to the dry ingredients. This will be a thick mixture and that’s the way you want it to be.

Spray your square baking dish with Pam or an equivalent non-stick baking spray. Pour in the pumpkin mixture. You’ll combine the brown sugar and cinnamon and mix those. After they’re mixed, pour this over the pumpkin mixture. OK, stay with me here because I know this seems a bit odd — it works, I promise it works, I’ve done it several times. Pour the *hot* water over the cinnamon/brown sugar mixture. It’s going to look like a soupy mix. BUT what will happen in the oven is just plain crazy.

The cake ingredients will rise to the top and the brown sugar and cinnamon will combine to make a sort of “lava” under the cake. So, when you cut your cake out of the dish, under it will be a delicious “pumpkin spice ice cream topping” sort of mixture. And, to boot it’ll be warm. Seriously… it’s kind of like all of the fall flavors in heaven, and in a dish. Yes, it’s that delicious.

Seriously, you won’t regret trying out this new recipe – YUM!

Print this Pumpkin Spice Cake recipe:

1 1/4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and all of the delicious fall spices
Add the pumpkin, oil, and vanilla to the dry mixture
Stir with a spatula until blended
Spread into a sprayed 9″ square pan
Mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon
Sprinkle this dry mixture evenly over the batter
Microwave water until hot to the tough about 1 1/2 to two minutes
Pour the hot water over the top of the cinnamon/brown sugar mixture
Bake at 350° for about 50 minutes
This is where the magic happens 🙂
The cake will rise to the top and it will be baked, but there will be a sauce under the cake
Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and drizzle the sauce over the ice cream – YUM!

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Pumpkin Spice Cake

Course Dessert

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings 6 -8 servings

Author Kate

Ingredients

• Gather your ingredients:
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp ginger
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Topping ingredients:
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups hot water

Instructions

1. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and all of the delicious fall spices
2. Add the pumpkin, oil, and vanilla to the dry mixture
3. Stir with a spatula until blended
4. Spread into a sprayed 9″ square pan
5. Mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon
6. Sprinkle this dry mixture evenly over the batter
7. Microwave water until hot to the tough about 1 1/2 to two minutes
8. Pour the hot water over the top of the cinnamon/brown sugar mixture
9. Bake at 350° for about 50 minutes
10. This is where the magic happens 🙂
11. The cake will rise to the top and it will be baked, but there will be a sauce under the cake
12. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and drizzle the sauce over the ice cream - YUM!