Pumpkin Pie Cake

I adore the autumn season for the wonderful crisp air, the warm sweaters, and the food. Oh, the food! Pumpkin is the absolute top of my list of favorite foods ever: it's super versatile, and yummy as a soup, in desserts, as seeds, whatever!

This cake is a mega hit at our house, and is the first in a series of pumpkin recipes we hope that you enjoy. On that note, I'd like to do a shout out to McKenzie for being an awesome photographer: it's her pictures that make this blog so fun to follow. Thanks, Lady!

Let's get cooking:

Start by melting 1/2 cup butter or margarine.
While the butter's melting, crack one egg into a clean bowl
and beat it!
Add the melted butter to the beaten egg.
Open a box of yellow cake mix. Reserve 1 cup of the cake mix, and add the remaining mix to the melted butter and beaten egg.
Blend until smooth.
Scrap the sides of the bowl to get the most delicious cake batter possible.
Transfer into a 9x13 pan. Don't worry about spraying the pan first: there's enough butter in this bad boy that nothing should stick.
Spread the cake layer in the bottom of the 9x13 pan.
Get your pumpkin and a clean measuring cup.
Measure 2 cups pureed pumpkin.
Add the pumpkin to a clean bowl.
Add 1 cup sugar to the bowl with the pumpkin.
Put in the bowl 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
Add 1/2 teaspoon cloves to the pumpkin.
Add 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves.
Blend pumpkin and spices together until creamy and smooth.
Pour pumpkin mixture evenly over the cake layer.
Add 1/4 cup butter or margarine to small bowl. Add the 1 cup of cake mix that you set aside.
Add 1/4 cup sugar and begin cutting it into the butter and cake mix.
Add 1/4 cup brown sugar.Cut the topping mixture until it resembles cornmeal and has chunks about the size of peas.
Sprinkle the crumbly mixture over the pumpkin layer.
Set the timer for 45 minutes.
After baking at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes, the cake should look about like this:Serve warm or room temperature with a dollop of whipped cream. Know that pumpkin pie cake has now blessed your life, and you will never be the same!

Pumpkin Pie Cake Recipe
cake layer:
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 egg, beaten
1 yellow cake mix, reserving 1 cup

pie layer:
2 cups pumpkin puree
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon cloves

topping:
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup cake mix reserved from beginning
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar

Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.