Cake...Well I Guess I'll Try It!

 (If you don't get the title, you first need to understand my love for Jim Gaffigan. 2nd, Watch This)

For my first post, I thought I'd make you all drool a little.

 Like 99.9% of the female population, I am a Pinterest-o-holic. I can't get enough of it!  I love that it organizes all of your ideas in one location.  Maybe someday I'll actually make a cookbook, but for now I rely on my iphone at all times to keep me organized, especially via the pinterest app! I can't tell you how many times I've gone to the store and forgot my shopping list.  Just last week my husband said, "how do you know what you need for the recipe?!" Have no fear husband, iphone+pinterest app.  Life saver.

One of the more recent pins I have tried was Better Than ...Pumpkin Poke Cake.  (Add "poke" to that really makes it sound even dirtier...)  Since we are carving pumpkins tonight, I thought I would try a festive dessert.  I was delighted when I stumbled across this delectable dessert.  Nevermind that it's basically diabetes in 9x13 size pan....

I made it and made a few tweaks.  I wanted to avoid Satan's Palace (WalMart) and the store I went to (I live in modern day Mayberry for those of you who don't know) didn't have whipped cream, but they did have the next best sugary thing--marshmellow cream. I also couldn't find Heath bits so I used white chocolate chips instead, because I LOVE white chocolate. Although I haven't tried it yet, it's sitting in the fridge and it looks amazing.  I'll update you tomorrow if anyone dies of food poisoning while carving their pumpkin tonight.

Thank you to SomethingSwanky.com for the recipe!

Pumpkin Better Than… Cake

Ingredients

• 1 box yellow cake mix (just cake mix, don't use oil/eggs, etc!)
• 1 small can pumpkin puree
• 1 - 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 - 8 oz. tub cool whip
• 1/2 bag Heath Bits
• Caramel Sundae Sauce

Instructions

1. Pour batter into a well greased 9x13 baking dish. Bake at 350º according to the directions for a 9x13 cake on the cake mix box.
2. Let cool for about 10 minutes after baking. Using the bottom of a wooden spoon, poke holes all over the top of the cake.
3. Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the cake, filling the holes. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
4. Spread the cool whip over top of cake. Sprinkle on the heath bits, and drizzle caramel over top (just to your liking). Refrigerate for 3-4 hours, or overnight (best).