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Pumpkin Cake is all Treat, no Tricks

Posted in Easy Recipes, Fast Recipes, tagged , , on October 30, 2009| 2 Comments »

pumpkinsA few years ago I came across this  recipe for Pumpkin Cake that is so good.  It comes together quickly and tastes like you went to a lot of work. If you are entertaining this weekend, this delicious cake will be a guaranteed crowd-pleaser, especially for those who love pumpkin!

Pumpkin Cake

1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack Pumpkin

3 eggs

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 package yellow cake mix

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting

1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened

In a large mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, eggs, sugar and oil; mix well. Add cake mix and pumpkin pie spice. Beat for two minutes. Pour into a greased casserole baking pan, or two round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. In a mixing bowl, combine the frosting and cream cheese. Spread over cake.  Topped with toasted pecans. Store covered in the refrigerator.

Enjoy and Happy Haunting!

Do you have any fun Halloween recipes to share?

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Making Meal Organization Simple

Posted in Quick and Easy, tagged , on October 27, 2009| Leave a Comment »

When a friend recently had major surgery, her sister-in-law took on the task of organizing meals to be brought in to the family. She used a fantastic website called foodtidings.com to schedule the meals.

I love this website. You log in, go to the schedule, select the day you want to bring the meal, then type in what you want to bring. That information is posted where everyone can see it. Everyone participating knows what days are covered and who is bringing what so meals aren’t duplicated.

For the organizer, it makes things so much easier and simpler as well. They set up the basic information of who receives the meals, where, what time and what dates as well as inviting people to participate in bringing the meals. It is so easy for them to keep track of who is bringing what and when.

If you have someone who needs to have meals brought in due to illness, surgery, new baby, or family emergency, this is a great service to use.

You can also find some great tips and recipes on the site’s homepage.

If you are in charge of organizing meals for a loved one or friend, check this site out. It makes it very simple and easy to bring comfort and joy to others through food!

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Homemade Granola Bars

Posted in Easy Recipes, Fast Recipes, tagged , , on October 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »

My friend Laurie, who is a gifted baker, cook and all around fantastic person, graciously shared her recipe for Homemade Granola Bars with me. I have to fess up … I have not made these yet, but anything that comes from Laurie’s kitchen is guaranteed to be good.

Her family loves these granola bars and they are less expensive than buying them from a store. She said the best part is that it takes just a few minutes to mix everything together.

Laurie’s Homemade Granola Bars

Bring to BOIL:

1 cup Brown Sugar

1 cup Corn Syrup

Then quickly ADD:

1 cup Peanut Butter

1 Tbsp. Vanilla

1 tsp. salt

MIX WELL then ADD:

4 cups Old Fashioned OATS

5 cups Rice Crispies Cereal

1 cup Coconut

Stir well to coat all. Put half the mixture in a foil lined and ungreased 9×13 pan. Sprinkle generously with whatever (mini M&M’s or chocolate chips, crushed up cookies or candy bars, raisins, marshmallows, dried fruit, a combination- use your imagination here!) Then put the remaining half on and press down using a piece of parchment paper. The mixture won’t stick to this or your hands. After they have completely cooled cut into bars of whatever size you like. Laurie said she also individually wraps the bars so they stay fresh and are ready to grab and go.

Enjoy!

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Popcorn Cake

Posted in Easy Recipes, Fast Recipes, tagged , on October 9, 2009| Leave a Comment »

PopcornBarThe first year I was away from home on my birthday, my Mom sent me a popcorn cake.  It was a taste of home, fall and love all wrapped up in one fragrantly satisfying bundle.

It seems only appropriate to share this recipe since October is National Popcorn Poppin’ Month.

This is a fun and easy cake to make that little ones especially enjoy. A warning: you will have sticky fingers both in the making and the eating process, but so worth it!

Popcorn Cake

24 cups of popped popcorn*

1 cup of spiced gum drops

1 1/2 cups of peanuts

1 large bag of mini marshmallows

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup butter

Mix oil, butter and marshmallows in a large bowl. Microwave at 20-30 second increments, stirring between each set until marshmallows and melted and oil and butter are mixed in nicely. (It will still look a little oily). Mix in popped popcorn, peanuts and gum drops. Press into greased bundt or angel food cake pan. Leave standing at room temperature for an hour or so until cake is set then slice and serve. You could also press into balls and wrap individually.

* For a fun variation, use colored popcorn kernels.

Have any fun popcorn recipes to share? Post them here!

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