Cake Mix Pumpkin Bar Food

PUMPKIN CAKE WITH CAKE MIX

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the pumpkin, evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Transfer to the baking dish. Sprinkle the cake mix over the pumpkin mixture. Drizzle with melted butter. Top with pecans.
• Bake 50 minutes in the preheated oven.

PUMPKIN BARS FROM A CAKE MIX

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In large mixing bowl, beat cake mix with pumpkin, eggs and spices for 3 minutes.
• Pour batter into 15x8 inch jelly roll pan that has been sprayed with vegetable cooking spray.
• Bake for 23 minutes.
• When bars are cool and just prior to serving, frost bars with glaze.
• Glaze only the portion of the bars that will be eaten, as this dessert does not keep well once the glaze has been spread on.
• Unfrosted bars can easily be frozen for later use.

PUMPKIN BARS WITH YELLOW CAKE MIX

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 13 x 9-inch pan. Remove 1 cup cake mix and reserve.
• In a small bowl, lightly beat 1 egg. In a large bowl, stir together remaining cake mix, melted butter and beaten egg. Press into pan.
• In large bowl, lightly beat remaining eggs. Stir in pumpkin, 1/2 cup sugar, brown sugar, evaporated milk and cinnamon. Pour over cake mixture.
• To the remaining 1 cup cake mix, add 1/2 cup sugar, walnuts and 1/4 cup butter. Mix until crumbly and sprinkle over pumpkin mixture.
• Bake at 350F 50 to 60 minutes.

GINGERBREAD PUMPKIN CAKE BARS

Steps:

• (All directions except for "PUMPKIN," "OVEN," and "TO SERVE," are copied from a "Trade Joe's Deep and Dark Gingerbread Cake Mix" box. Anything in () are things we added to the directions.).
• TO PREPARE: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly grease the bottom and halfway up the sides of a normal 8x8x2 pan with butter, or cooking spray.
• MIX: Combine the egg, the oil, and the water into a bowl. Add the cake mix. Gently fold mix together (with wooden spoon), until the ingredients are moist.
• PUMPKIN: Add in the canned pumpkin. Mix WELL with wooden spoon for about 5 minutes and until mixture turns a oragneish-brown color, also be sure to get the bottom. The mixture should also have small lumps.
• PAN: Spread batter into the pan, filling the corners and leveling the top.
• OVEN: Bake the cake for one hour, and if the cake IS done, if you stick a toothpick, fork, knife, etc. in it, it should come out clean. Leave cake to cool until cake is FULLY cooled off.
• TO SERVE: Carefully cut cake into about 12 or so bars. If you want, sprinkle some powdered sugar on the top of each bar. Serve them on a plate, or take 'em to go!

PUMPKIN ANGEL FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the pumpkin, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Fold a fourth of the batter into pumpkin mixture; gently fold in the remaining batter. Gently spoon into an ungreased 10-in. tube pan. Cut through batter with a knife to remove air pockets., Bake on the lowest oven rack at 350° for 38-44 minutes or until top is golden brown and cake springs back when lightly touched and entire top appears dry. Immediately invert pan; cool completely, about 1 hour. , Run a knife around side and center tube of pan. Remove cake to a serving plate. Garnish each slice with 1 tablespoon whipped topping; sprinkle with cinnamon if desired.