(by Shirley McNevich)
1 box Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
1/2 cup softened butter
5 eggs
1 - 29oz. can Libby's pumpkin
1/2 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed)
2/3 cup milk
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
Cool Whip
Topping: 1/2 cup white sugar; 1/4 cup softened butter; 1/2 cup
chopped pecans
In a large bowl add the whole box of yellow cake mix. Measure out 1
cup of the cake mix for later--leave the rest in the bowl. Add 1/2 cup
softened butter and 1 beaten egg to the cake mix in the bowl--stir until
mixed. Press the mixture into the bottom of a greased 9 x 13 cake
pan--set aside. In a mixer add 4 eggs--beat. Add brown sugar--beat.
Add pumpkin pie spice and pumpkin--beat. Slowly add milk--beat.
Pour the batter on to the crust in the cake pan--set aside. In a
separate bowl add 1 cup reserved yellow cake mix, 1/2 cup white
sugar, 1/4 cup softened butter, and the chopped pecans--mix until it
forms crumbs. Sprinkle the pecan mixture evenly on top of the
pumpkin batter in the cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55
minutes. Cool completely, then refrigerate overnight. Serve with Cool
Whip.
 
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This recipe is from Shirley McNevich's first Mom's Best Recipes Volume 5. Published here with permission.
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