Chocolate Chipper Cake

2 ½ cups unsifted flour
1 ½ cups sugar
¼ cup water
2 squares of chocolate or the equivalent of cocoa
3 eggs
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
½ cup pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients but the chocolate chips and nuts well. Put batter in a 13x9 pan greased on the bottom only. Sprinkle the chocolate chips and nuts over the batter. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. (You may want to use less chocolate in the batter).

Pumpkin Dump Cake

1 29-ounce can pure pumpkin
1 12-ounce can evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1 box yellow cake mix
1 cup chopped pecans
3/4 cup melted margarine
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix first six ingredients until well blended, an pour batter into a 9 by 13 inch greased pan. Sprinkle cake mix on top, and then cover with pecans. Pour melted margarine over top. Bake 50 minutes

Tips from our test kitchen:
Top with whipped cream