Grandma's recipe - Pumpkin Pie

Mom's Recipe - Pumpkin Cream Pie / Pudding

Great Pumpkin Dessert

Ingredients:

1 (15 oz) can of pumpkin purée

1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk

3 eggs

1 cup white sugar

4 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 tsp cinnamon

1 (18.25 ounce) package of Spice cake mix

1 cup melted butter

1 cup chopped pecans (or walnuts)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease 9 x 13 inch baking pan.

In large bowl, combine pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar and spice.  Mix well and pour into a cake pan.

Sprinkle dry cake mix over the top of pumpkin mixture.  Drizzle with melted butter.  Top with nuts.

Bake for 1 hour or until a knife inserted near the centre comes out clean.

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon coarse salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled

4 large eggs, lightly beaten

1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin puree 

Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and the spices. In another bowl, whisk together the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and eggs. Add dry ingredients and whisk until smooth. Then whisk in pumpkin puree.

Line the cupcake pan with liners and fill each about halfway with batter. Bake until tops spring back when touched and a cake tester comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes. Rotate the pans if needed. (I have one pan, so did not bother with that step.) Transfer to wire rack and let cool completely before icing.

Cream Cheese Icing

8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

3 cups icing sugar, sifted

1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Beat butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and sugar.