12 Days of Recipes: Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake

Ingredients

Cake:

• 1 (18 ¼ ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 egg
• 8 tablespoons butter, melted

Filling:

• 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 (15 oz) can pumpkin
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 (16 oz) box powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.

2. Combine the cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well with an electric mixer. Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 13 x 9 inch baking pan.

To making the filling:

1. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth. 

2. Add the eggs, vanilla, and butter, and beat together.

3. Next add the powdered sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and mix well.

4. Spread pumpkin mixture over cake batter and bake for 40 – 50 minutes. Make sure not to overbake as the center should be a little gooey.

5. Serve with fresh whipped cream.