Chocolate & Pumpkin Trifle

Submitted by Food.com

"The Headless Horseman is a bit less terrifying and a lot more flavorful with layer upon layer of pumpkin pudding and chocolate cake stuffed inside his menacing grin."

 

• Ready In: 58mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Cake Layer

• 1 (15 1/4 ounce) box chocolate cake mix
• 1 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup oil
• 3 eggs

• Pudding Layer

• 2 cups milk
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant butterscotch pudding mix
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

• Trifle Assembly

• pumpkin, for serving
• 1 (8 ounce) container whipped topping

directions

1. Cake:

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 inch pan and set aside. Combine the cake mix, water, oil and eggs in a bowl. Mix and pour into prepared pan. Bake 350 degrees F for 34-38 minutes. When the cake is completely cool, crumble cake and set aside, reserving 1/4 cup of the crumbs for garnish.

3. Pudding:

4. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk milk, and pudding for 2 minutes until slightly thickened. Let sit 2 minutes or until softly set. Stir in pumpkin and spice. Mix well.

5. Trifle Assembly:

6. Clean and prepare your pumpkin with a large opening to create your bowl. If creating a carved pumpkin, tightly line the openings with plastic wrap to prevent spilling.
7. Layer 1/4 of the cake, 1/4 of the pudding and 1/4 of the whipped topping. Repeat until pumpkin is full, ending with the whipped topping. Garnish with the reserved crumbs.
8. NOTE: If using a large pumpkin as the serving vessel (similar to the one used in the recipe video) you may need to double or triple this recipe to fill your pumpkin completely.