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This two-ingredient pumpkin snack cake is tender, moist, and rich with warm spices.

Southern Living 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Snack Cake sliced and dusted with powdered sugar

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Learn how to make Two-Ingredient Pumpkin Snack Cake.

Otherwise, your final cake my be dense and gluey.

Ingredients

1 1/4cupswater

1(15-oz.

Southern Living 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Snack Cake

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)can pumpkin(such as Libbys)

1(15.25-oz.

Line a 13 x 9inch metal baking pan with parchment paper.

Make batter:

Whisk together pumpkin and 1 1/4 cups water in a large bowl.

Southern Living 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Snack Cake lining the pan with parchment paper

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Add cake mix and whisk until well combined.

Pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing into an even layer.

Cool in pan for 10 minutes.

Southern Living 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Snack Cake whisking together the pumpkin and the water

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Using a serrated knife, cut cake into 12 equal pieces.

Dust cake with powdered sugar, top with whipped cream, or top with Vanilla-Buttermilk Glaze, if desired.

Southern Living 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Snack Cake whisking in the cake mix

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Southern Living 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Snack Cake spreading the batter into the pan

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Southern Living 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Snack Cake in the pan after baking

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Southern Living 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Snack Cake cooling on a cooling rack

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Southern Living 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Snack Cake sliced and ready to serve

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