Just as easy as a making it from a cake mix, this made-from-scratch pumpkin poke cake is soaked in condensed milk and topped with homemade caramel frosting!

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Today is the first day of fall and you know what that means – the pumpkin season it’s officially opened. No more rolling eyes when you see pumpkin cheesecake or pumpkin pie showing up in your Pinterest feed or photos from a recent pumpkin patch trip on Instagram. Now, we’re playing by the rules.

And this cake, well, this cake is definitely a fall sample! Full of pumpkin flavor, this easy to make pumpkin cake is left to absorb an entire can of condensed milk and if that didn’t make it irresistible, a homemade caramel frosting is spread on top.

This, my friends, it’s pumpkin poke cake supreme!

At first I wanted to go the boxed cake mix plus a can of pumpkin puree route, but after making the pumpkin cake from scratch (with an entire can of pumpkin puree in the cake batter) I decided it’s worth the extra 3-5 minutes you put into making it.

Obviously, you need the basics – butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and what makes this cake incredibly moist in addition to the pumpkin puree is the buttermilk. You can hardly taste it, and it makes such a big difference!

A little bit of advice when you make this poke cake – let the cake soak for a couple of hours after you pour the condensed milk over it. It’s the best!