tasty tuesday's

In honor of my brother-in-law, Sam, I am posting Ooey Gooey Pumpkin Cake today. His birthday is on Thursday and he's requested his favorite dessert! Happy Birthday, Sambo!

   Ooey Gooey Pumpkin Cake
This is originally a Paula Deen recipe. Enjoy!

What you need:
  - 1 box yellow cake mix
  - 4 eggs
  - 2 sticks of butter
  - 1 box of cream cheese (8 oz; softened)
  - 1 can of pumpkin (15oz)
  - 1 teaspoon vanilla
  - 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  - 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  - 1 box of confectioner's/powdered sugar (16oz)

What you do: (Preheat oven to 350 degrees)
   For the crust, mix the cake mix, 1 egg and 1 stick of butter and pat it into the bottom of a sprayed 13x9 pan. *note: Don't follow the cake box instructions, just use the dry mix, 1 egg and butter. That's it. You'll have to work with it to get it to cover the bottom of the pan.
   For the filling, beat the cream cheese and pumpkin together until smooth. Then add the remaining eggs, butter and vanilla and beat together. Next, add the cinnamon, nutmeg and powdered sugar. (I find it less messy if you add in the powdered sugar in small increments. It'll fly all over your kitchen if you pour the whole box in!) Make sure it's mixed really well then pour into your pan overtop your crust. Bake for 40-50 minutes. Make sure you don't over bake this...it's supposed to be Ooey and Gooey remember? Now, dig in!

Just for fun: delicious variations of this same recipe!
   - Ooey Gooey Pineapple Cake. Just use a 20oz can of crushed pineapple instead of pumpkin. Make sure you drain it.
   - Ooey Gooey Banana Cake. Use two bananas instead of pumpkin.
   - Ooey Gooey Peanut Butter Cake. My personal favorite. Use chocolate cake mix instead of yellow for the crust, and use 1 cup creamy peanut butter instead of pumpkin. Delicious!!!