Pumpkin Spice Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 box Spice Cake Mix
• 1 12 oz. can of pumpkin
• 3 eggs
• 1 tub cream cheese frosting
• cinnamon *optional
• slivered almonds or chopped walnuts*optional

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to temperature recommended on cake mix package.
2.  Pour Spice Cake mix into large bowl. Add pumpkin and eggs and using a large wooden spoon (needs to be sturdy), mix until all of the cake mix is moistened. This will take several minutes as it takes a while to get the pumpkin to mix all the way in due to its viscosity (the batter will be very thick).

**Do NOT add the water and oil your cake mix may call for**

3.  Empty cake batter into a greased and floured pie dish (greasing not necessary if you are using seasoned stoneware).
4.  Bake cake for amount of time recommended on cake mix box or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Allow cake to cool in pan.
5.  Frost with a generous layer of cream cheese frosting.

**Optional: Use nuts to create a pattern on top of cake and lightly dust with ground cinnamon.