Description
Moist, rich, and delightfully messy—this Pumpkin Earthquake Cake combines warm spices, pumpkin, cream cheese swirls, and gooey chocolate chips for the ultimate fall dessert.
Ingredients
1 box spice cake mix
2 large eggs
½ cup salted butter, melted
1 cup milk
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin puree
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
8 oz cream cheese, softened
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9×13 pan.
2. Mix cake mix, eggs, melted butter, milk, pumpkin puree, cinnamon, and nutmeg until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips.
3. Beat cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy.
4. Spread pumpkin batter into pan. Drop spoonfuls of cream cheese mixture and swirl with a knife.
5. Bake 40–45 minutes until mostly set but still gooey.
6. Cool 20 minutes before slicing. Serve warm.
Notes
Don’t over-swirl the cream cheese mixture—earthquake cakes are supposed to look rustic and messy!
Add pecans, walnuts, or extra chocolate chips for variety.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 320mg
- Fat: 21g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 52g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 70mg