Pumpkin-Praline Layer Cake
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar, divided
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans, divided
- 1 pkg. (2-layer size) spice cake mix
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/3 cup oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 pkg. (250 g) Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 Tbsp. milk
- 1 cup thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Line 2 (9-inch) round pans with parchment paper; spray with cooking spray.
- Microwave butter and 3/4 cup sugar in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min.
- ; stir until blended.
- Pour into prepared pans; tilt pans to evenly cover bottoms.
- Reserve 1 Tbsp.
- nuts; sprinkle remaining nuts over butter mixture in pans.
- Beat cake mix, pumpkin, water, oil and eggs in large bowl with mixer until blended; pour over nuts in pans.
- Bake 26 to 28 min.
- or until toothpick inserted in centres comes out clean.
- Cool cakes in pans 10 min.
- Loosen cakes from sides of pans with knife.
- Invert cakes onto wire racks; gently remove pans and parchment.
- Cool cakes completely.
- Beat cream cheese, milk and remaining sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended.
- Gently stir in Cool Whip.
- Stack cake layers, praline sides up, on serving plate, spreading half the cream cheese mixture between layers.
- Spread remaining cream cheese mixture onto top of cake; sprinkle with reserved nuts.
butter, brown sugar, pecans, cake mix, pumpkin, water, oil, eggs, cream cheese, milk, topping
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/pumpkin-praline-layer-cake-153494.aspx (may not work)