I have been making this cake for Thanksgiving & Xmas for years. It is so so good with whip cream or vanilla ice cream. Just finished baking 2 of them for Thanksgiving.

I tried this recipe and while it is good, I felt there were way too many pecans on top. It tasted a bit salty and like something was missing. My husband suggested a cream cheese frosting instead of whipped cream. It made a world of difference! Next time - less pecans and add the cream cheese frosting! (made with 8oz cream cheese 1/4 c butter - tsp vanilla - mix together till soft and blended - add 1/2c to 1 cup (to taste) confectioner's sugar.

i love making this!! it has turned pumpkin haters into pumpkin lovers!

i used half a teaspoon salt and i spread the melted butter and some of the pumpkin into the cake mix taste great

Wow, this is an easy & yummy cake! Made this over 5 times and it's my "go to cake" for parties, desserts for home & cheap gifts! Got nice remarks from last potluck @ work. I omitted nuts cause of allergies-still came out great!

I shouldn't rate this so high since I changed the recipe up so much but since it was the basis I think it deserves 5 stars. Most of my changes came from other reviews: liberal with the amount of pumpkin; reduce eggs to only 3; reduce sugar to under 1 cup; use spice cake mix; blend cake mix, nuts & melted butter all together in crumb mixture and then crumble over pumpkin mix; cover with foil for 45 min. then remove foil for last 20-25. Phew! That's a lot of changes! But totally worth it. I'm already looking forward to sneaking some for breakfast.

Sorry but I'll have to be in the minority here and rate it low. I made it to the T and baked for 1 hr. exactly. There are so many eggs in this that the pumpkin part had the texture of pumpkin scrambled eggs and was a bit watery. Not smooth and creamy at all and would NOT be a good substitute for a good pumpkin pie. The cake topping was dry and too thick. I say 2/3 a box would have been fine. And this cake was tooth aching sweet. 1 cup sugar would've been plenty, especially since the cake mix is already too sweet. 1 hr. gave me a very brown cake topping, on the verge of dark brown at the corners. I'd say reduce this to 3 eggs at most, use 2/3 of cake mix and reduce the sugar! But for me, I will not be making this again. Definitely had 'from the box' taste.

This absolutely is a favorite dessert of our family. I use my own homemade pumpkin pie spice, add a pinch of salt instead of a whole teaspoon and butter instead of margerine. Excellent as is but over the top yummy with whipped topping or french vanilla ice cream. This dosen't last any longer than past dessert at family gatherings--two days if I've made it for the four of us.

I remember making this recipe way back when this site was Thanksgivingrecipe.com but I never had a chance to evaluate until now. It’s an easy recipe with delicious and rich results! For the pumpkin puree, I used one whole 30 ounce can, more than 2 cups. I patted down a whole 18.25 oz. box of yellow cake mix over the top of the pumpkin mixture. I used all butter instead of margarine thou I didn’t think that there was enough to cover the pecans and cake mix. I just loved the sweet smell of pecans, pumpkin and butter filling up my house- oh my goodness! I noticed in 55 minutes baking time that the edges were turning dark brown so I covered the entire cake with foil and let it finish baking. The cake was done in one hour and 15 minutes. I let cool it for a while before putting it in the fridge to set. I made a whipped topping, “Whipped Cream,” also from this site, and dolloped it on the cake. The pumpkin filling was very good, moist, spiced just right and tasty. The crumb topping (pecans and cake mix) had a nice crunch and was buttery and sweet. I do think that it was a bit too heavy on the butter, sugar and cake mix for my tastes. Next time I may just cut back on the amount of cake mix, butter and sugar. However, this was a huge hit with my family; and hubs and his coworkers devoured it-happily wiping it out in mere minutes. All I heard was, "Mmm..MMmm." Considering that I had to give this a 5 stars- turned out good for a “cake mix”.

I made this for my book club meeting and was asked to share the recipe. I did use unsalted butter instead of margarine and whipped cream instead of frozen whipped topping. I will definitely keep this as a favorite for the Fall season and Thanksgiving holidays.