Monday, October 24, 2011

Pumpkin Dump Cake

A cousin I don't recall ever meeting saw a post on FB where I mentioned making a pumpkin dump cake. He asked for the recipe about 10 days ago. I never saw the msg. :-( Terry, this is for you.
It came from The Clovis Nazarene School Cookbook printed several years ago. Travers LOVES pumpkin and it's a nice change from a pie. It also serves more than one pie.

Pumpkin Dump Cake
Preheat over to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9x13 baking pan.
Start with:
1-29 oz can pumpkin puree
3 eggs
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 can evaporated milk (12 oz can)
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. ginger
1/4 t. cloves
dash of salt.
Mix above ingredients together until well blended.
Pour into the baking pan.
Sprinkle evenly with:
1 box of dry(yes, dry) spice or yellow cake mix
1/2 c. chopped pecans (I leave these out, for some reaason)
1/2 c. melted butter
Bake at 350 degrees for about 50-60 minutes or
until edges are light brown.
You can serve it with whipped cream/Cool Whip.
I like a drizzle of carmel, too. :-)

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Crafty Week

It's been a crafty week for me. Jo's former youth pastor, Meghan, is pregnant with a baby girl. I wanted to do or make something special for her. Terry told me Meghan's and Kevin's favorite scripture and this is the result. The stripes are the back of the blanket. There's a yellow border surrounding a nursery rhyme print. The border has their fav scripture going around it. Work, yes, but I love the idea of wrapping God's word around anyone. Especially a baby! This is Oliver's stocking. I asked Josephine if she were going to buy one or if I could make it. Her response was a question, "You made my first one, didn't you?" What she doesn't remember was Bill at Wilford Hall in Lackland AFB undergoing radiation while I worked on her stocking. Yes, we've been blessed! Anyway... I'm not real thrilled with this. It's lined with the same fabric I used on the toe and heel. It also has interfacing so it doesn't droop when it's hung. I used polar fleece for the cuff. That's what I really don't like. I have some shiny satin-like fabric I will probably replace it with.


Meg, the director of Big Brothers & Big Sisters has her office at Matt 25. She is 3 weeks away from delivering a boy to be named "Benjamin Wynn." Wednesday, Matt 25 is hosting a shower for her. Automatically, Bill suggested a diaper cake similar to the one I made Oliver. This one is smaller, with only 50 LUV's brand diapers. In the middle is a bottle of Dad's rootbeer. :-)It's still cute and I'm sure she'll love it.



Next week, I decide what to do about the stocking. I'm also making supcakes for the shower. Thursday, I need to begin working on Christmas presents!