This Fall, make a Crockpot pumpkin dump cake with spice cake mix! Easy with canned or homemade pumpkin puree and evaporated milk topped with a pecan topping. Just one of our favorite dessert Crockpot recipes you can โbakeโ after dinner.
If you have never made a Crockpot cake before you are in for a real treat!! When you donโt want to turn your oven you can bake right in your slow cooker to tender and moist. Add mini chocolate chips or our brown sugar crushed nuts topping and enjoy with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. (affiliate links present)
Slow Cooker Pumpkin Dump Cake Recipe
Now we have made several different desserts with this popular Fall flavor over the years. Most of the time we will bake the old fashioned way. Our Pumpkin Crazy Cake is always a hit, and dairy free for those who need it. This version works best cooked low and slow in this handy dandy countertop appliance!
Cake mix hacks are seriously the best. You can tweak and add to the dry mix in that box and make it taste almost like you bought it at a bakery. Adding an extra egg, sweeter milks, butter instead of oil, there are so many things you can do to make it taste so much better. This is just one of thoseโฆ.
Ingredients Tips
- 1 can of pumpkin 15 oz. is the right size you will need. This is NOT pumpkin pie filling, just puree. If you want more from scratch follow our pressure cooker pumpkin recipe first, cool, and make this.
- 3 eggs should be ideally added at room temperature so take these out about an hour before starting to combine everything together.
- Sugar will be white granulated type to make this sweeter than normal, I mean donโt count the calories on this treat.
- Brown sugar, packed means that you will use a bit more than the measurement below. If not packed there wonโt be quite enough. You could use a sugar-free alternative I would imagine if needed.
- You could add pumpkin pie spice for a bolder flavor in that case but this is optional to add.
- Cinnamon gives more of a Fall flavor but once again is somewhat optional if ou donโt have it donโt worry.
- 1 can of evaporated milk 12 oz., is what you use. Now this is the thin super sweet type, not condensed.
- A box cake mix and butter. Yellow cake mix was used, spice is great for pumpkin desserts or white works too
- 1/2 c chopped Candied Pecans is great to add texture and a bit more Fall
The first time we made something similar to this it was our Crockpot apple dump cake recipe. It came out more like a cobbler consistency with canned pie filling. I think this one is more cake like.
With our other traditional pumpkin pie dump cake recipe we added brown sugar to the topping of the pumpkin mixture. About 1/2 cup works to incorporate with the crushed nuts of your choosing.
Now you can just use a box of mix, melted butter and some pie filling. Believe it or not that totally works. It is denser than this one, more like a flourless chocolate cake texture. Dense but delicious for sure! We have done this super easy version with our Crockpot Lava Cake. Youโll love that too.
I have added a handful of mini semi sweet chocolate chips into the batter with our Crockpot Pumpkin Bread. I will say a very important step to NOT skip is spraying the inside with some sort of non stick spray. Yes the pot is porcelain and coated but it definitely needs more to slide out or it will stick quite a bit.
Ok so once you make this one you will want to try others in this countertop appliance. For a lighter version you should give our Crockpot Cobbler a whirl too!
How to bake a cake in a pan in a slow cooker
- Prepare your cake batter according to the recipe youโre using.
- Grease the cake tin with butter or cooking spray and line the bottom with parchment paper to prevent the cake from sticking.
- Preheat the slow cooker on the lowest setting for about 10-15 minutes
- Pour the prepared cake batter into the greased and lined cake tin.
- Gently place the cake tin inside the preheated or unheated slow cooker. If your recipe recommends placing a cloth or paper towel under the cake tin to catch moisture, you can do so.
- Cover the slow cooker with its lid. The cooking time will depend on your specific recipe and the slow cookerโs settings. Most slow cooker cake recipes take around 4 hours on the low setting.
- Use a toothpick or cake tester to check for doneness. Insert it into the center of the cakeโif it comes out clean or with only a few moist crumbs, the cake is done.
- Once the cake is done, carefully remove the cake tin from the slow cooker using oven mitts or tongs on to a wire rack.
Crockpot Pumpkin Dump Cake
Equipment
- 1 slow cooker
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the pumpkin puree, eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon until well combined.
- Add the evaporated milk and stir well. Pour the mixture into a large crockpot (4-6 quarts) that has been lightly coated with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the cake mix with the remaining 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Stir in the melted butter (the mixture will be crumbly). Sprinkle this cake mixture all over the top of the pumpkin mix inside the Crockpot.
- Cover and set to low and cook for 4 hours. Sprinkle the nuts over the top about halfway through the cooking time if desired. Serve the cobbler warm with ice cream or whipped cream on top.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
You could if you do not want to pour your batter directly into the Crockpot itself. First you have to select a cake tin that fits comfortably inside your slow cooker. The cake tin should be smaller than the inner pot of the slow cooker to allow for proper air circulation around the edges.
Taste like hot pumpkin pie but with a cake (spice) texture not pie crust! Top with vanilla ice cream or heavy whip cream. It made a yummy hit at my church luncheon!
Yay!!!