Pumpkin Crunch Cake

Alternative to Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Crunch Cake

2 cans pumpkin (plus   ingredients for mixing)
1 yellow cake mix, with or without pudding in the mix
1 cup pecan pieces
2 sticks butter, sliced into one teaspoon pats

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9x13 glass baking dish by spraying with a vegetable or canola spray. Prepare pumpkin per instructions on can. Pour mix into baking dish. Sprinkle DRY cake mix evenly over top of pumpkin mix. Put pecan pieces all over top of cake mix. Put butter pats over top of other ingredients, covering all. Bake for about 45 minutes to an hour, or until golden on top and pumpkin is set. 
Great warm or cold!