Name: Pumpkin Pecan Cake Recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups about 50 , crushed vanilla wafers; 1 cup chopped pecans; ¾ cup or margarine butter; 15.25 oz (1 package) Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix; 16 oz Libbys Pumpkin; 1/4 cup or margarine, softened butter; 4 eggs; 2/3 cup or margarine butter; 1 3 oz cream cheese; 3 cups powdered sugar; 2 tsp vanilla; ¼ lb caramels

A vanilla wafer crust surrounds the edges of this festive holiday cake. We then cover it with a cream cheese-based frosting with caramel.

How To Make Pumpkin Pecan Cake

For this extraordinary pumpkin pecan cake, we used a spiced cake batter for the filling that layers over a crunchy wafer crust. Once it's done, we then top it off with a vanilla cream cheese frosting and delectable caramel.

Crust:

2 cups vanilla wafers (about 50 , crushed )
1 cup pecans (chopped )
¾ cup butter (or margarine)

Batter:

15.25 oz Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix ((1 package))
16 oz Libbys Pumpkin
1/4 cup butter (or margarine, softened)
4 eggs

Filling/topping:

2/3 cup butter (or margarine)
1 3 oz cream cheese
3 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
¼ lb caramels

In mixing bowl beat, vanilla wafers, pecans and butter until crumbly.
Press into 3 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
In another mixing bowl beat, cake mix, pumpkin, butter and eggs for 3 minutes.
Spread evenly over crust in each pan.
Bake for 30 minutes (according to box directions) or until toothpick comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool completely.
Mix together the filling/topping ingredients, frost between layers, sides and top.
Drizzle with caramel and decorate with whole pecans.

How To Make Pumpkin Pecan Cake

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Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 30 mins

Total: 55 mins

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Ingredients

Crust:

2 cups vanilla wafers, about 50 , crushed
1 cup pecans, chopped
¾ cup butter , or margarine

Batter:

15.25 oz Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix, (1 package)
16 oz Libbys Pumpkin
1/4 cup butter , or margarine, softened
4 eggs

Filling/topping:

2/3 cup butter , or margarine
1 3 oz cream cheese
3 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
¼ lb caramels

Instructions

In mixing bowl beat, vanilla wafers, pecans and butter until crumbly.
Press into 3 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
In another mixing bowl beat, cake mix, pumpkin, butter and eggs for 3 minutes.
Spread evenly over crust in each pan.
Bake for 30 minutes (according to box directions) or until toothpick comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool completely.
Mix together the filling/topping ingredients, frost between layers, sides and top.
Drizzle with caramel and decorate with whole pecans.