Dutch Oven Pumpkin Pie Cake
Do you love pumpkin pie? Make this Dutch Oven Pumpkin Pie Cake recipe while camping or at home. This recipe is a great addition to your fall camping recipes menu.
I love fall camping! I get to layer up in warm clothes, poke sticks in the campfire, and enjoy really great camping food. We plan on going out a few times this autumn here in Illinois.
We created this Pumpkin Pie Cake in the Dutch oven. Our neighbors were camping at the same campground and enjoyed this tasty Dutch Oven Dessert with us.
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This recipe is really easy to make. The ingredients are pretty basic.
Pumpkin Pie Dump Cake Ingredients
You need the following:
- yellow cake mix
- lemon-lime soda
- pumpkin puree
- evaporated milk
- eggs
- pumpkin pie spice
- optional: pecans
There is a debate in our house on whether it should be topped with pecans or not. How about putting the whole pecans on half of the cake?
How to Make Pumpkin Dump Cake
- prepare the pumpkin pie filling and pour it into a lined Dutch oven
- layer with the cake mix
- slowly pour the soda over the cake mix
- top with pecans
- bake
- serve
We recommend that you use a dutch oven liner for easy cleanup. Learn how to make your own Dutch Oven Liners.
We prepare our charcoal with one of these charcoal chimneys. They allow you to quickly prepare the charcoal without using any lighter fluid.
We used this configuration with the prepared charcoal for the Dutch oven.
The pumpkin Dutch oven cake takes about 45-60 minutes to bake. You can lift the lid to check for doneness.
| Dutch Oven Tip |
| Preparing this in the rain? Place the burning coals in a large foil pan so you can move the baking Dutch oven and keep the coals dry. |
This camping dessert is a sponge cake layered on top of a baked pumpkin pie.
Our neighbors really liked the cake, especially the pecans. They plan to make it at home for Thanksgiving.
Other camping desserts great for the holidays are Dutch Oven Cranberry Apple Crisp or Dutch Oven Apple Crumble.
You can place the dutch oven in your regular oven, you just want to reduce the baking time. You can also bake it in a conventional baking dish.
The cake would be terrific topped with some whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, but it was undoubtedly delicious without it.
Do you have a Dutch oven? Are you going to make this easy Pumpkin Dutch Oven Dessert? Check out our Pumpkin Angel Food Cake recipe.
Check out these other Dutch Oven Cake Recipes
- Chocolate Cherry Lava Cake
- Caramel Apple Cinnamon Roll Pie
- Cherry Dump Cake
- Best Chocolate Cake
- Blueberry Lemon Dump Cake
- S’mores Dump Cake
Dutch Oven Pumpkin Pie Dump Cake
Create this pumpkin pie inspired dump cake while camping or at home.
Ingredients
- 1 can pumpkin puree (15 oz)
- 1 can evaporated milk (12 oz)
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 yellow cake mix
- 1/2 can lemon-lime soda
- 1 cup pecans
Instructions
- Prepare the charcoal.
- Line the dutch oven with a liner or spray with cooking oil. A dutch oven liner will make clean-up so much easier!
- Mix the pumpkin puree, evaporated milk, eggs, and pumpkin pie spice in a large mixing bowl.
- Pour pumpkin mixture into the bottom of the dutch oven.
- Sprinkle the yellow cake mix over the pumpkin.
- Open the can of lemon-lime soda and slowly pour half over the cake mix.
- Sprinkle the pecans on top.
- Place the lid on the dutch oven.
- Place 16 charcoal on the lid of the oven.
- Make a circle of 8 charcoal that will serve as the base heat for baking the cake.
- Place the dutch oven over the circle and let the cake bake for approximately 45 minutes to an hour. It might be more or less depending on the size of your dutch oven and the heat of the coals.
- Remove the dutch oven from the coals and enjoy.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 264Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 337mgCarbohydrates: 43gFiber: 2gSugar: 24gProtein: 4g
Can this recipe be doubled? Would it require full can soda?
I have never tried to double it. I would recommend adding the soda slowly to see how it goes. You might need a little more than 1.
I made this Pumpkin cobbler and it was delicious. I followed the directions to the tee but for forgot the pecans at home. (We were camping with friends). Everyone loved it!!
The recipe doesn’t have any surgar in the pumpkin mixture. Is that correct?
Correct, just pumpkin puree.
Not sure what happened. I lifted up the parchment paper liner and set the dessert on the picnic table. Water, juice or something ran out all over the place. It tested done all over, before I removed it from the Dutch oven. My husband tasted it and called it pumpkin pudding. He said it was delicious. Thank goodness he turned it around for me, but what do you think I did wrong?
Did you use half a can or a whole soda? It sounds like there was too much liquid or not enough heat. My parchment paper is always a bit soggy when I make a cake like this, but I haven’t had liquid run out.
Is it evaporated milk (as it says in the instructions) or sweet and condensed milk (as it says in the recipe)?
Thank you for catching that. It is evaporated milk. I have updated the recipe.
Wow, this turned out great, thank you for sharing your recipe…it was delicious.
You are very welcome!
Do you know if this could be made in an oven? I’m curious what temp and how long.
350 degrees. 45-60 minutes depending on the cookware. Check at 45-minute mark to make sure it doesn’t overcook.
I was totally hesitant based on the bad review above, but don’t let it deter you, this is really good, she must have used the whole caof soda n or not cooked long enough. I also usedd fat-free condensed milk, spice cake, plain carbonated water, and replaced the pecans with an equal amount of nature’s path coconut granola that I had on hand and it was perfect! No problems.
Granola is such a great idea. Thanks!
That looks absolutely amazing! Pinned.
It is. Thanks!
Yum! Looks so good!
Thank you, Angie!
Followed this recipe to the letter, and it was awful! We were so looking forward to it too. It was runny, and tasteless! UGH!!
Sorry that it didn’t work out for you. Did you use the whole can of soda, because it calls for half.
That looks amazing! I can’t believe it was made over a campfire. Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday.
Thanks for stopping by!
How many will this recipe serve?
Justin, A standard cake mix is 12 servings. Even with the added ingredients, I would say 12 servings. Enjoy!
This will be a perfect recipe for the hunting camp, my boys will love it! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a good week and come back to see us real soon!
Miz Helen
Thank you, Miz Helen.
I love dutch oven meals. This looks delicious! Thanks for sharing on More the Merrier Monday link party!!
Thanks, Jamie!
This sounds and looks so delicious. I would love for you to stop by diyhshp.blogspot.com and link this up to my More the Merrier link party.
Thank you for the invitation. We will check it out.
This sounds and looks amazing! I love pumpkin!
Thank you, Julie!
This recipe sounds amazing!
It is! 🙂
This looks super yummy! I can’t wait to try this recipe out, thanks for sharing!
Thanks!