Slow-Cooker Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

By sylvialouise

Make a stunning, moist pumpkin cake with the help of your slow cooker!

Ingredients

• CAKE:
• 1 box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ yellow cake mix
• 1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• FROSTING:
• 1 (4- ounce) cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts if desired

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 165mins
Adapted from bettycrocker.com

Preparation

Step 1

Generously spray a 5 1/2- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.

In large bowl, beat cake mix, pumpkin, water, vegetable oil, eggs and pumpkin pie spice with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl constantly. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes.

Pour batter into slow cooker; cover and cook on HIGH 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Uncover and cool 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge to loosen; turn out onto a cooling rack and cool completely.

Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Gradually beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, on low speed until smooth and spreadable. Spread over cooled cake. Sprinkle with pecans or walnuts, if desired. Cut into pieces to serve.