Upside Down Pumpkin Cake

This has become my family's favorite dessert at Thanksgiving, taking the place of pumpkin pie! Walnuts can be substituted for pecans.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 861 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• 3 eggs
• 1 ¾ cups white sugar
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 (29 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• salt to taste
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix with pudding

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

In a mixing bowl, blend pumpkin, cinnamon, cloves, salt, sugar, eggs and milk. Pour mixture into a 9x13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle dry cake mix and nuts over the batter. Pour melted butter over the cake.

Step 3

Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 60 minutes and let cool. The cake will be "liquidy" at first, but will solidify as it cools.