Seriously, I don't like pumpkin-flavored anything either! The great pumpkin takeover every Fall season is lost on me! But with that in mind, I love this cake. It's so amazing and delicious. The butter and cake and pecans are really what you taste. The pumpkin is just the ingredient that holds it all together and keeps everything moist. It has a very slight pumpkin taste, and it totally works with everything in the dessert.