Pumpkin Cake Recipe (with Cake Mix)

4.95 from 129 votes

This pumpkin cake with a cake mix is the easiest way to make a pumpkin cake starting with a yellow cake mix! It's great baked as a 9x13 pan, 10 inch bunt, or round cake. Top it with your favorite cream cheese frosting and you've got a killer pumpkin dessert!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: autumn, fall, Pumpkin Cake Recipe (with Cake Mix)

Servings:

Calories: 223kcal

Ingredients

1 box yellow cake mix
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup water
4 large eggs
15 oz pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together the cake mix, sugar, oil, water, eggs, pumpkin puree, pumpkin spice, and cinnamon.
Stir for 2 minutes until the batter is super smooth.
Pour the batter into a greased cake pan and bake until a toothpick comes out mostly clean.
For a 9x13 pan, bake for 25-30 minutes
For a 10inch bundt cake, bake for 30-40 minutes
Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes then remove from the pan to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Top with powdered sugar, vanilla icing, or cream cheese frosting.

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Notes

Works with spice cake mix; reduce pumpkin spice if using.
Can be baked in 9x13 or bundt with similar cook time.
Zero-sugar cake mix works great; omit added sugar.