Pumpkin Dump Cake & Dollhouse Pie

A few weeks ago, one of my favorite adoptive blogs (Do They Have Salsa in China?) posted this recipe and I recently made it for our family.  The top of this dessert reminds me of a crumbly coffee cake, while the bottom half tastes exactly like traditional pumpkin pie.   It is SERIOUSLY yummy and I found myself enjoying this delicious treat for breakfast some mornings (shhhhh....our secret).

Pumpkin Dump Cake

From M3 at Do They Have Salsa in China?

1–29 oz. can pumpkin (note, this is the big can, two small cans will also work)
1 –12oz. can evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 C. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 T. cinnamon

Mix above ingredients and pour into 10 x 14 cake pan, ungreased. (I used my glass lasagna pan)

Then:

1 box yellow cake mix – sprinkle over pumpkin mixture
1 C. finely chopped pecans – sprinkle onto cake mix (I used walnuts because I didn't have pecans on hand)
¾ C. melted butter – pour over everything 

Bake at 350 for about 50 minutes (or even longer -- until a knife in the center comes out clean, like a pumpkin pie – if you use a slightly smaller pan your cake will be thicker and will need to cook a little longer). 

*I ended up cooking my version for 65 minutes.  Just keep checking that pumpkin filling.  
While I'm on the topic of pumpkin pie, I decided Josie's dollhouse needed a few mini pies for their own Thanksgiving celebrations.  

Bottle caps, tan felt, red seed beads and my glue gun were used in creating the cherry pie.  
The pumpkin pie filling was a mix of hot glue with a layer of orange glitter glue on top.  
Original credit comes from one of my favorite blogs...Let's go fly a kite!  When she shared her Canadian Thanksgiving pictures earlier this fall, she also shared her girls miniature dollhouse pies.  You can find her Thanksgiving post here.    Happy Friday!  I hope you have some time to play this weekend!