Delicious pumpkin pie filling covered in a layer of sweet cream cheese and topped with a crunchy cake mix topping.  This Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dump Cake really is my new favorite thing.  It’s all the glamour and deliciousness of pie with none of the fuss! Plus, the cream cheese layer makes it even more decadent.  “Dump” cake is traditionally made by dumping canned fruit into the dish, and then cake mix on top and then butter. This cake has just a little bit of mixing but the concept is similar and the results are totally worth it ?  This is a great dessert to start off the pumpkin season!

Ingredients

• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 3/4 C. powdered sugar
• 2 tsp. milk
• 1 can 29 oz. pumpkin puree
• 1 can 12 oz. evaporated milk
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/4 C. sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
• 1 yellow cake mix dry
• 1/2 C. butter melted (sometimes I use a little more)
• 1 Tbsp. cinnamon sugar mixture optional
• whipped cream

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9 X 14 pan.
2. Using a mixer (a KitchenAid or hand held) combine cream cheese, powdered sugar and milk until smooth. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine pumpkin puree, evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. Pour into prepared pan.
4. Put cream cheese filling into a small ZipLock bag, and snip off the tip the make a mini piping bag. Then pipe over the pumpkin filling (see photo).
5. Pour the dry cake mix over the cream cheese layer then poke holes using the end of a wooden spoon or a table knife through the cake mix until you hit the filling (not to the bottom of the pan).
6. Pour melted butter over the dry cake mix.
7. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the entire cake for extra flavor and crunch.
8. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until the top is browned and an instead knife comes out clean.
9. Let cool and serve with whipped cream! (Store in fridge)