Chocolate Cake with Pumpkin
(65)
  • Minutes to Prepare:
  • Minutes to Cook:
  • Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
1 box chocolate cake mix1 can pumpkin puree
Directions
Prepare cake per box instructions, replacing oil, eggs and water with a can of pumpkin.
Servings Per Recipe: 12
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 194.2
  • Total Fat: 3.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 402.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 39.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.2 g
  • Protein: 2.5 g

Member Reviews
  • 2010LOSER
     I've made chocolate cake with pumpkin before. My version call for 3/4's cup water with 1 cake mix and one 16 oz can of 100% pure pumpkin. Try it, you'll see the difference in density and moistness. - 1/30/10
  • GLORIAJEAN9
     I make this all the time, but I add 3 egg whites and a little water to make it "cakier". No one can tell there's pumpkin in it. Reduced Sugar cake mix lowers calories even more. Yellow cake mix w/pumpkin pie spice added is delish as well! - 1/25/09
  • APPRIL
     Oh yum Made this as muffins and as brownies.
    I calculated the cal to be 640 for the whole cake.
    64 calories per muffin.
    (300 cal = 28 fl oz can of pumpkin.
    340 cal = Betty Crocker Super Moist Chocolate Fudge cake mix.

    - 5/9/07
  • BDFLORES
     DELICIOUS!!!! So moist and full of flavor.
    Works best with spice cake. So good I requested it for my birthday cake. My kids and co-workers love it too.
    Best part is that it is so simple. - 3/10/08
  • PRINCESSOFPINK
     I used a spice cake mix and added some ginger and a little bit of egg substitute to make the batter a bit thinner. It was AWESOME! Thank you so much! - 1/24/09
  • SHARBEANS
     This is great, and it is do much more filling than normal cake, and it has a veggie in it too! My kids and hubby loved it. Only draw back was it molds faster than regular, and we had to throw half of it away. I recommend making it in the two round pans and freeze one for later! - 9/18/07
  • NUTTE1
     These are old faves of mine! I do add a little water (about 1/2 cup or so) to combat the lumpiness...but I use cupcakes and freeze them for a chocolate snack when the cravings hit. Simply nuke to defrost and add some FF whip cream -- YUMMY! - 1/5/10
  • JITTABUG118
     I made cupcakes. Great recipe idea! - 2/1/08
  • ERIKA00177
     I liked this recipe, I thought the cake tasted great. I would point out that it changes the texture and doesn't rise as much so it's a little like brownies. You can't taste the pumpkin, though, and my dad had no idea his birthday cake was healthy! - 11/15/07
  • GREYPLE
     I absolutly love this recipie!! I add a half to a full cup of water to the cake mix and can of pumpkin to make them more brownie like... the less water you use the more cake-"ie" they are.. Great recipie!!! - 6/3/10
  • FITNONNA
     This was very good. I added egg whites to my batter and the cake turned out perfect. One of my son's was home from college this weekend. He and his girlfriend loved it. They couldn't tell it had pumpkin in the recipe.

    wonderful cake!!!! I will make again. - 5/4/09
  • SBMMYERS
     I think I would have liked the recipe a lot more if I had not expected cake. As a cake, it is flat, very dense, and too moist, so my guests who expected it to taste like a cake were not ready for what they got. If I had presented it as a kind of pudding, I think it would have gone over better. - 2/3/08
  • DEEPGREEN
     This is really yummy! I made mine as a cake, and it's dense, fudgy and moist. - 7/30/07
  • BLEUDOLPHIN
     Not sure where LITE99 got her calories per muffin from but mine came to 193 per muffin if I only made 12. - 6/30/07
  • CSHOCKLEY9
     Read the reviews, I made w 16 oz can pure pumpkin, 1 egg white, 3/4 cup water. Added 1/3 cup dark choc powder and baked in a Bundt pan. Family doesn't notice its SF......and loaded w fiber, lol. Thank you!!!! - 1/16/17
  • PIINKCUPCAKE
     Loved this recipe! My 15 y/o who likes nothing, LOVED this cake, YAY!! I will be making this again for sure. - 7/31/10
  • MAZOMATGIRL
     I love it. Next time I'll add a couple T water to thin the batter slightly. Has anyone tried this with a spice cake mix? - 6/18/10
  • AMCSTAR1
     This did make a more dense cake, but I made it as a pound cake. I also added 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder to the recipe and used the water called for on the box of mix. I used Betty Crocker chocolate fudge cake mix. It was very good and was just fine as a pound cake garnished with powdered sugar - 5/29/10
  • CHERIE204
     I didnt tell my sons that I had changed the recipe or what was in it. When they were eating the cupcakes, they were so happy with them, they said they were "so frikken awesome" and could not stop saying how good they were. I still havent told them what the secret ingredient was. They were so moist! - 10/29/09
  • PATEABAG
     I'm going to try this the next time my granddaughter is here. She is a super picky eater and vegetables are impossible to get in her. Healthy Brownies might be the answer. - 5/13/09
  • ANNARUTH2
     very good and moist! - 3/5/09
  • NIKKI_KATE
     Delicious!! I can't tell their is pumpkin in this! My husband and son also tried a piece and they couldn't tell either! This would be good to go to if you run out of eggs! Wonderful recipe!! - 1/7/09
  • CHRISTYANN15
     I would try this again with spice cake maybe. I didn't like the pumpkin flavor with the chocolate at all. The moist, dense texture was nice, though. - 12/6/08
  • KIMMAS82
     I love this. It took a minute for the family to get over the pumpkin but it's a good way to get that chocolate fix without going over board!! - 11/2/08
  • VIKTORIALYN
     I made this yesterday using mini-muffin tin. I got 44 mini-muffins which came out to 7 calories each and only .1 grams of fat. I prefer to mix the pumpkin w/ spice cake mix. The chocolate still had too much of a pumpkin taste for me. - 8/9/08



© 2024 SparkPeople, Inc. - Terms - Privacy