Do you love pumpkin pie? Make this 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 happened to be camping at the same campground and got to enjoy this tasty dessert with us.
Pumpkin Pie Cake Recipe
This recipe is really easy to make. The ingredients are pretty basic. You need a yellow cake mix, pumpkin puree, evaporated milk, lemon-lime soda, eggs, pecans, and pumpkin pie spice.
The recipe is made by preparing the pumpkin pie ingredients and pouring them into a Dutch oven.
Then dump the remaining ingredients on top.
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.
This is the configuration we used 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.
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 planned on making 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 was certainly delicious without.
Do you have a dutch oven? Are you going to make this easy pumpkin Dutch oven dessert?
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 sweetened condensed milk (14 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, sweetened condensed 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 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
Cyndikay
Sunday 9th of January 2022
Wow, this turned out great, thank you for sharing your recipe…it was delicious.
Diana Hansen
Monday 10th of January 2022
You are very welcome!
Megan
Saturday 4th of April 2020
Do you know if this could be made in an oven? I’m curious what temp and how long.
Let's Camp S'more
Monday 6th of April 2020
350 degrees. 45-60 minutes depending on the cookware. Check at 45-minute mark to make sure it doesn't overcook.
Carol Carlson
Saturday 12th of October 2019
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.
Let's Camp S'more
Monday 21st of October 2019
Granola is such a great idea. Thanks!
Mother of 3
Tuesday 2nd of October 2018
That looks absolutely amazing! Pinned.
letscampsmore
Monday 8th of October 2018
It is. Thanks!
Angie
Friday 28th of September 2018
Yum! Looks so good!
letscampsmore
Monday 8th of October 2018
Thank you, Angie!