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We’re on a pumpkin chocolate roll and let’s keep it going! Anyone else agree that pumpkin and chocolate are so good together?! While everyone is crazy about the PSL, I think Starbuck’s should offer a pumpkin mocha! I bet it’s on their secret menu.
While I love sharing over the top recipes (like this confetti cake) I realize not everyone (me included!) always has the time to make a 3 layer cake covered in buttercream. Sometimes it’s much easier and more practical to make a 9×13 inch cake, plus this cake pretty much does all the work itself!
It’s a magic cake because the layers magically know what to do while baking in the oven. I like to think of this cake recipe as an equivalent to a crock pot dinner recipe. Something is doing the work and it’s not you and it’s totally magical.
This easy chocolate pumpkin magic cake has one really fun ingredient! If you are a pumpkin lover or a big fan of pumpkin spice, you’ll understand my excitement over Rodelle’s new Pumpkin Spice Extract!! Now I really can add a little bit of pumpkin spice flavor to EVERYTHING!
I’m also excited to share that I’ll be partnering with Rodelle as a brand ambassador! I’ll be using their products in some of my recipes, and I hope you try out their products because you’ll love them!
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Chocolate Pumpkin Magic Cake
Ingredients
- 15 oz pumpkin puree
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1 tsp Rodelle Pumpkin Spice Extract
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp cloves
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- Chocolate cake mix plus the ingredients on the box to make it, typically 3 eggs, 1/3 cup oil, 1 cup water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven 350º F. Lightly grease a 9×13 inch pan.
- Prepare the chocolate cake mix according to the instructions. Most likely the recipe will call for 3 eggs, 1/3 cup oil, and 1 cup water. Pour the cake mix into the pan.
- In a separate bowl mix together the pumpkin puree, eggs, evaporated milk, pumpkin spice extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and brown sugar until smooth.
- Evenly pour the pumpkin mixture over the chocolate cake mixture.
- Bake the cake for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool to room temperature before serving. You can also refrigerator the cake over night and serve it cold. Cut and serve the cake, top each piece with a dollop of cool whip before serving. Dust with cocoa powder, optional.
I am looking forward to making breads-banana, cranberry, cinnamon, white, wheat. Nothing like bread when the fall winds are cool and winter begins!
I love everything in this cake…and I never heard of that extract but I think I need it in my life.
I love pumpkin and chocolate together. I have a YouTube channel called THE BAKING DIVA. With summer coming to an end I will begin posting fall recipes soon. Would love to win the goodies in addition to the recipe you just shared????
I am most looking forward to trying new recipes with pumpkin, and this recipe sounds like a must try! I can’t wait!!
I start baking my autumn goodies as soon as I put my Autumn wreath up, then it’s time for pumpkin anything and everything pumpkin..YAAAAY PUMPKIN….by the time my family and I are so burned out on pumpkin we have to give the pumpkin pie from Christmas away…lol..oh well mkes a happy neighbor, and I know some of you are going to say, nope, never enough pumpkin stuff, however I do soups and stews and braised and fried pumpkin pancakes, just to name a few, not just the sweets…I love pumpkin.
I have never heard of the pumpkin spice extract. I feel I need to have it.
Now, I am looking forward to making this cake! Sounds so yummy. I will do that first and soon.
But in general, I love baking and have been looking forward to the holiday season so that I can bake all the things I think about and find new recipes for during the year!
My favorite Cranberry cookies, my sons favorite Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies, sprinkled with pretty green sugar, pumpkin rolls and festive cheesecakes!
The list goes on and on. The holidays are such a fabulous excuse to bake (and eat) all the sweet treats we miss during the rest of the year!
It’s a great time of the year isn’t it?!
I want to make this but I cannot find pumpkin spice extract, what can I use instead?
Hi Veronica! You can buy it on amazon here: https://amzn.to/2diVkoD
Hello Beth! This recipe looks easy and sounds amazing! I can’t wait to try it this Thanksgiving! I just have one question I know it calls for Pumpkin Spice Extract but I can’t seem to find that anywhere would I be okay without using it?
Yes! you can substitute pumpkin pie spice!
Could I make this as cupcakes?