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02-05-2013, 09:50 AM #1Senior Member
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Pumpkin + Cake Mix=Good Stuff!
I love dessert but I know I need to really watch what I eat so I've been looking for some healthier alternatives. I first heard about this from the "Hungry Girl" on a local radio station where she talked about taking a can of pure pumpkin puree and simply mixing it with a box of cake mix, and baking it. When I did an internet search, I found the following recipe which adds some applesauce as well.
This is something I'm going to make this week!
1 box cake mix (spice cake, yellow, chocolate)
15oz pumpkin puree (NOT pumpkin pie mix)
1/2cup applesauce
Directions
- Mix all ingredients, pour in muffin tins, bake at 350 for 18-20 minutes
For 24 smaller muffins, the nutritional breakdown is only 67 calories per muffin, 6.8g of sugar, and 1.2g fat each.
Not bad, eh?Last edited by cali~jenn; 10-11-2013 at 04:00 PM.
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02-05-2013, 10:16 AM #2Senior Member
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Re: Pumpkin + Cake Mix=Good Stuff!
Ooh, haven't tried with the applesauce. I have made her fudge out of choc brownie mx and her brownies out of choc cake mix. Delicious! Can't taste the flavor of pumpkin at all. I bet the applesauce will help get it back to a cake texture since the pumpkin brings cake to a brownie texture. Also ave made the pups bday cake using the pumpkin and yellow cake, was still good.
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02-05-2013, 11:21 AM #3Senior Member
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Re: Pumpkin + Cake Mix=Good Stuff!
Like the idea of yellow cake & pumpkin for the pooches!
Originally Posted by cali~jenn
Also, i've heard many good things of adding a can of diet soda to cake mix and baking; heard it comes our very nice too. I think it can be any soda flavor.
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02-05-2013, 09:28 PM #4Senior Member
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Re: Pumpkin + Cake Mix=Good Stuff!
Interesting! I hadn't heard that. Originally Posted by cali baker
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10-11-2013, 02:37 PM #5Senior Member
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Re: Pumpkin + Cake Mix=Good Stuff!
Have this baking now. Should be interesting since I crammed all the mix into 12 reg size muffin tins.
was really good licking the bowl tho, the girls enjoyed it.
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10-11-2013, 03:57 PM #6Senior Member
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Oh my gawd...... I will just move this now because these r beyond fabulous! Def. will make again!
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10-11-2013, 05:20 PM #7Administrator
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Re: Pumpkin + Cake Mix=Good Stuff!
I gotta try this because I love pumpkin anything and so do my kiddos!
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10-11-2013, 05:44 PM #8Senior Member
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Re: Pumpkin + Cake Mix=Good Stuff!
The bigger problem I find with this recipe is the puppies assume anything with pumpkin is for them. Lol so I guess it is all of ours! Originally Posted by Desert Sky
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10-12-2013, 09:23 AM #9Senior Member
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Re: Pumpkin + Cake Mix=Good Stuff!
I'm glad you liked them! I just made another one with Trader Joe's Pumpkin Bar mix and simply added 1 can of pumpkin to it. It came out nicely--more dense than the normal recipe, but i like that, and thick and gooey.
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