Pumpkin Cream Cheese Angel Food Cake

I recently found a recipe on Pinterest for Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cake.  It sounded very tasty and extremely easy.  I had all the ingredients on hand so I decided to give it a try.

This recipe calls for very few ingredients: angel food cake, a can of pumpkin, cream cheese, and some cinnamon.

 

 

(Just in case you have really good eyes, I should probably point out that the spice shown is cinnamon, not basil as is written on the lid.  I like to trick my mom by putting the spices in the wrong containers.  No, just kidding, there really is a valid reason behind the spice madness.  I simply hate dried basil and my spice organizer didn't come with a cinnamon bottle so I dumped the basil and filled it with a spice I actually use- cinnamon.) 


Directions:
*Beat the cream cheese with 3 tablespoons water until the consistency has thinned.
*In a separate bowl, mix the cake mix, pumpkin, and 1 tsp cinnamon with 3/4 cup water. 
*Add half the cake mixture to a 9x13 pan, layer with dollops of the cream cheese, add the remaining cake mixture, and top with remaining cream cheese.
*Take a knife and swirl the cream cheese and cake together.  Be sure not to over mix, you want the ingredients to remain separate. 









Bake the cake at 375 degrees for 34 minutes (or until a toothpick comes out clean).

 

 

I thought this cake turned out pretty decent.  I wasn't overwhelmed with the cake, but it certainly wasn't bad for having so few ingredients.  I think it might have been better to add a little powdered sugar and cinnamon to the cream cheese.  The cake was not very sweet, which I actually liked, but it might be a little better with some extra sugar.

 

I would also suggest making it with regular angel food cake mix, not the confetti version.  The confetti mix doesn't taste any different, but it is kind of weird to see specs of green and red in this cake. 

 

The texture turned out very moist, and almost sponge cakeish.  I've never had sponge cake, but it has the texture of what I imagine sponge cake to be.

 

 

Stay tuned..... next up- CHILI!