Pink Saturday and Autumn Goodies!

Happy Saturday in November..It finally cooled off here in my spot in the desert southwest..It was still 93 degrees here this past Wednesday, finally down into the 60’s for this weekend..Loving it and makes me in the mood to bake something like the recipe I have posted below.  I found this on Pinterest and I am going to bake this for my sister’s birthday party tomorrow, along with a recipe for White Almond Cake that belongs to my friend Shelly.  Makes a lot so I always halve that recipe, will do cupcakes this time instead of a two layer cake.  Anyway, I am sooo in the mood for pumpkin anything.  I will let you all know how this one is!

Pumpkin Coffee Cake by Pretty Good Food

Serves 18
Ingredients

⅓ cups Water
1 can Pureed Pumpkin (15 Oz)
2 whole Eggs
1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
2 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 box Yellow Cake Mix (18 Ounce Box)
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 cup Brown Sugar, Divided
½ cups Flour
4 Tablespoons Butter, Melted
¼ cups Granulated Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
¼ cups Heavy Whipping Cream

Preparation Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F.

In a large bowl mix together the water, pumpkin, eggs, 1 Tablespoon of vanilla, and pumpkin pie spice until well combined. Add the cake mix and baking soda and mix until just combined.

Grease a 9×13 pan with butter and pour batter into pan.

In a small bowl mix together 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup flour and melted butter. Use your fingers to sprinkle over the top of the cake. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

For the glaze, combine the other 1/2 cup brown sugar, granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and heavy cream in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Remove from heat and stir until all sugar is dissolved.

When cake is finished baking, poke holes in the top with a toothpick. Pour glaze over the cake, making sure to cover all surfaces. Serve cake warm or at room temperature.

Looks very easy and yummy!

Thanks to our sweet Beverly for being our hostess with the mostest every week here at Pink Saturday!  Please stop by and visit her blog at How Sweet the Sound and let her know how beautiful her blog and message is!  If you get a chance, visit some of my fellow pinkies, so many lovely recipes this weekend I am sure!

Have a wonderful weekend and see you next week!

Pink and Blue Autumn…

A happy Pink Saturday to everyone, gee two posts in a month must be a record for me..before I go any further, I would like to thank a wonderful lady named Beverly for hosting Pink Saturday each and every week, rain, snow, sunshine and clouds..Please visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound and see her beautiful blog post and also visit some of our pinkies too…the Fall season is my absolute favorite time of year, makes getting through our summer worth it..

We recently spent a few days in Northern California with our son, DIL and grandchildren, we were there for Halloween..We also went to a pumpkin patch and Gracie and Jack picked out some pumpkins for their mama to decorate…Gracie walked all over the place, saw some chickens and roosters and had a blast!  I thought I would share some autumn-ish pictures with you today.  Sorry this post is a little picture heavy!

What fun the kids all had!  We stayed through Halloween and it was fun to dress the babies up and go to a couple of neighbor houses with Gracie and little Jack..

 

Thank you for visiting my blog post today, and have a wonderful first weekend in November..Thanksgiving, and then Christmas and Hanukkah will be upon us before we know it!

Happy Fall, and A Little of This and That

Don’t pass out, yes this is a blog post..the theme this week for Pink Saturday is Autumn Flowers & Foliage.  How beautiful these posts will be.  Fall is my favorite time of year, even though we are still experiencing above average temperatures here in the Southern California desert..What should now be in the mid 80’s, we are I the mid 90’s..Our air conditioning has been running pretty much 24/7 since Mid April..I say that’s enough already..Hoping this next week promises cooler temperatures so we can get out and enjoy Fall in the desert..

I was blessed to win a beautiful prize a couple weeks ago from Brenda at Cozy Little House and Chris Ann and Kristin from Love Feast Table..they both have gorgeous and fun blogs so be sure to stop by and check them out!  Anyway, the most gorgeous set of 3 velvet pumpkins arrived a few days ago and promptly landed on my newly dusted coffee table!

I just LOVE them..I haven’t been able to find my fall décor boxes in the garage yet, its been too hot to work out there still, but have a few items around that scream Fall!

Ooh there is a bit of pink!  Actually it’s a cranberry color but looks a little hot pink with the flash!  I like color if I have never mentioned that before

Just a few things to share for Pink Saturday and Fall..Please be sure to stop by and visit with Beverly at How Sweet the Sound.  She is our fab hostess each and every week, without fail…and also stop and visit some of my pinkie friends, so many beautiful blogs!

Thank you for stopping by to see me, so appreciated and means so much.  Have a fabulous FALL week!