{"id":162,"date":"2008-11-22T10:53:23","date_gmt":"2008-11-22T16:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=162"},"modified":"2009-10-08T06:31:07","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T12:31:07","slug":"pumpkin-crunch-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/22\/pumpkin-crunch-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Crunch Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of my favorite pumpkin recipes!\u00c2\u00a0 I subscribe to several recipe sharing groups, and this recipe popped up in my email inbox a few years ago.\u00c2\u00a0 I have no ideas about the origin of the recipe, but I&#8217;ve seen it around the internet in similar forms.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyone out there know where this recipe comes from?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cake&#8221; is a bit of a misnomer, because it is really quite custard-y.\u00c2\u00a0 I suppose it could be called cake since a boxed cake mix is used, but it is not a cake in the traditional sense.\u00c2\u00a0 Each time I make this recipe, I add more and more pecans because I like the extra crunchiness and flavor they add.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve reflected my changes below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/pumpkin-crunch-cake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163\" title=\"pumpkin-crunch-cake\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/pumpkin-crunch-cake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/pumpkin-crunch-cake.jpg 455w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/pumpkin-crunch-cake-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Pumpkin Crunch Cake<\/h4>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 box yellow cake mix<\/li>\n<li>1 can (15 oz) pumpkin puree<\/li>\n<li>1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk<\/li>\n<li>3 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp. cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp. salt<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups chopped pecans (the original recipe called for 1\/2 cup)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup butter, melted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Heat oven to 350 degrees F.\u00c2\u00a0 Grease bottom of 9 x 13&#8243; pan.\u00c2\u00a0 Mix pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and salt.\u00c2\u00a0 Pour mixture into greased pan.\u00c2\u00a0 Sprinkle dry cake mix over pumpkin mixture and top with pecans.\u00c2\u00a0 Drizzle melted butter over pecans.\u00c2\u00a0 Bake 50-55 minutes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/22\/pumpkin-crunch-cake\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of my favorite pumpkin recipes!\u00c2\u00a0 I subscribe to several recipe sharing groups, and this recipe popped up in my email inbox a few years ago.\u00c2\u00a0 I have no ideas about the origin of the recipe, but I&#8217;ve seen it around the internet in similar forms.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyone out there know where this recipe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,20,37,46,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cake","category-dessert","category-holiday","category-pumpkin","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}