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Divine Pumpkin Crunch Cake

Divine Pumpkin Crunch Cake

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for Cake:

  • 1 (16.5 oz.) package Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
  • ¼ cup flour
  • 1 (3.4 oz.) package vanilla instant pudding mix
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ cup canola oil
  • ¼ cup reduced-fat butter or Smart Balance Light
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 large egg, I love Egg-Land’s Best eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts or almonds

Ingredients for Hot Buttermilk Glaze:

  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup buttermilk
  • 3 tablespoons reduced-fat butter or Smart Balance Light
  • ¼ teaspoons baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9” spring form pan with cooking spray.
  • Using an electric mixer or in a large bowl using a hand mixer, combine cake mix, flour, pudding, pumpkin, water, canola oil and butter.
  • Add egg whites and egg and mix well.
  • Stir in the vanilla, pumpkin spice and cinnamon.
  • Mix on high for at least one minute.
  • Pour batter evenly into prepared pan.  To avoid air bubbles, gently tap the pan on work surface after filling the batter.
  • Sprinkle top with chopped walnuts or almonds.
  • Bake for about 1 hour until a toothpick comes out clean.

To make the glaze:

  • Place the sugar, buttermilk, Smart Balance Light, baking soda and vanilla in a small saucepan over medium heat.
  • Bring to a boil stirring constantly.
  • The glaze will foam up and thicken as the sugar dissolves and butter melts, 3 to 4 minutes.
  • Poke 12 holes all over the warm cake and spoon the hot buttermilk glaze all over the cake.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 252kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 3gFat: 11.5gSodium: 350mgFiber: 1gSugar: 23gPlus Points: 7