Mini Pumpkin Pecan Orange Soaked Cakes

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package spice cake mix
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 large eggs
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
• 2 tablespoons orange juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour two 6-cake mini bundt pans.
• 3 sprinkle nuts over bottom.
• 4 combine cake mix, pumpkin, oil and eggs in large mixing bowl.
• 5 beat on low speed for 30 seconds or until blended.
• 6 beat for 4 minutes on medium speed.
• 7 spoon about 1/2 cup of batter into each mold.
• 8 bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until wooden toothpick comes out clean.
• 9 remove from oven.
• 10 with back of a spoon, carefully pat down dome of each cake to flatten.
• 11 let cool in pans for 5 minutes, then invert cakes onto cooling racks.
• 12 poke holes in cakes with a wooden pick and spoon a tablespoon of orange sauce over each cake. allow syrup to soak into cakes.
• 13 cool completely before serving or wrapping as gifts.
• 14 to make the syrup combine butter, sugar, water and grated orange peel. bring to a boil.
• 15 remove from heat and stir in orange juice.