Pumpkin Crumble Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 3 eggs
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie mix)
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup chopped almonds (if you're a fan, pecans work, too) or 3/4 cup walnuts (if you're a fan, pecans work, too)
• 1 teaspoon creme fraiche (home-made with cinnamon is excellent with this cake) or 1 teaspoon whipped cream, per piece (home-made with cinnamon is excellent with this cake)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees. spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. in large bowl beat all cake ingredients together until smooth. pour into pan.
• 2 in medium bowl, mix topping ingredients with fork. sprinkle over batter.
• 3 bake 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 4 cool completely in pan on wire rack.
• 5 garnish, serve immediately.