Sour Cream Pumpkin Bundt Cake

Level: Challenging Rated:

Source: A surprise filling of brown sugar streusel makes this pumpkin-flavored cake a special treat. Save a bit of icing for drizzling over each serving of this wonderful cake!

Estimated Times:

Preparation - 12 min Cooking - 55 min Yields - 16

Ingredients:

• STREUSEL, recipe follows
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 2 teaspoons butter or margarine
• CAKE, recipe follows
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup LIBBY'S 100% Pure Pumkin
• 1 container (8 oz.) sour cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 glaze, recipe follows

Directions:

PREHEAT oven to 350° F. Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan.

FOR STREUSEL:

COMBINE brown sugar, cinnamon and allspice in small bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until mixture is crumbly.

FOR BATTER:

COMBINE flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Beat granulated sugar and butter in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pumpkin, sour cream and vanilla extract; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture.

TO ASSEMBLE:

SPOON half of batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle Streusel over batter, not allowing Streusel to touch sides of pan. Top with remaining batter. Make sure batter layer touches edges of pan.

BAKE for 55 to 60 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes in pan on wire rack. Invert onto wire rack to cool completely. Drizzle with Glaze.

FOR GLAZE:

COMBINE 1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar and 2 to 3 tablespoons orange juice or milk in small bowl; stir until smooth.

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Pigs in Blanket

I found this easy recipe.

P.I..B

Pigs in a Blanket Recipe

Ingredients:

8 frankfurters
8 slices American processed cheese
1 (10 ounce) package refrigerated biscuit dough *** I actually used Crescent Dinner rolls ***

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Wrap cheese around each frankfurter then the biscuit around that. Put on cookie sheet with the overlap of biscuit faced down to hold in place.

Bake in preheated oven until biscuits are brown, about 10 to 15 minutes.

This recipe for Pigs in a Blanket serves/makes 6

So it comes to an end.

Once again my full-time SAHM status comes to an end. I have mixed feelings for this. I like staying home everyday. I like not having to be out everyday.

Do I miss adults? Sometimes. Will the extra money be good? Of course!! Does the kid understand. Most definitely!! So why am I so sad? I donno.

But I still will have most of the free time I have now with kid when he is out of school. So least I won't have guilt over that as well.

For dinner we are having a special treat. PIGS IN A BLANKET. A co-worker was talking to kid the other day about them and he has been begging for them. I found a easy recipe on-line for them. There are so many different types and ways. I don't suppose you can go wrong. *smile*

Monday Madness

Well here we are Monday. Where does the weekend go? Why is it two days in the weekend (ie .. Monday/Tuesday, Wed/Thurs, etc) doesn't go by as fast as Saturday/Sunday? *giggle*

Little Weekend update:

Kid had baseball game on Saturday. Then we went to friends house for their 2 year olds birthday. That pretty much filled the day. Kid cut the grass when we got home, and then we enjoyed another cozy fire outside.

Sunday I had a wonderful day (*note sarcasm*) What was suppose to be a simple day of cleaning up, doing laundry. Turned into yet another flooded basement with backed up sewer. *oy* I have been pushed to my limit with the whole tree, sewer line, rude service people, you name it!! It didn't even last 30 days. Well it was on the 30th day, but they couldn't come out until Monday (today) so it would not be covered and I would have to pay again. WHAT EVER. Hun, your not the ONLY service in the book. I called them back today and told them DO NOT call my house again for my 6 month cleaning. I will be taking my business else where.

Of course the hubby was not home. He is NEVER here when it happens. *growl* But his excuse .. "You always do laundry on Sunday", and your point? He was off fishing, and then went to watch football game.

Back to an earlier post ...

POST 9.5.06

I made up my mind to just move on from the sister/mom/niece/son drama line, and took the job offer I was given. I am sure I will regret the whole thing. But more drama took place while I was trying decide and forced my hand.

So tomorrow I go back into the working mother force. I am hopeful things will go well. But who knows. Only time will tell. Like I said before it is PT, and I still have freedom to come and go. Just more $. Will be nice when Christmas arrives with the growing child, the price grows as well. lol.

Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake

Prep Time: 10 min
Total Time: 3 hr 50 min
Serves: 8


Ingredients

2 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Fat Free Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
Dash ground nutmeg
1/3 cup HONEY MAID Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/2 cup thawed COOL WHIP FREE Whipped Topping

Preparation

MIX cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; mix until blended. Do not overbeat after adding eggs. Remove 1 cup batter; stir in pumpkin and spices. Spray 9-inch pie plate with no stick cooking spray; sprinkle bottom with crumbs.

POUR remaining plain batter into crust. Top with pumpkin batter.

BAKE at 325°F for 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Top each serving with 1 Tbsp. of the whipped topping.

9-11 Five years later

We will always remember.

God Bless!!

I can not believe it has been five years. It just seemed like yesterday I was driving my 1st grader to school, and heard on the radio the terrible news.

Rushed home to be glued to the TV as eveyone else was that day.

Marvelous Weather

The weather here is beautiful. Temps are marvelous. I plan on sitting outside this evening with a book, and a fire, and my swing. But also depends how things go with Homework. Eating right now, and of course s-l-o-w-l-y as possible.

Some other exciting news is I may be giving up my full time SAHM status as of September 19. I was offered a job this afternoon, and I am not sure I can turn it down. I am still thinking, and will make up my mind by the end of the week. I am just not sure I want to give up being at home. Not having niece. I know (Least I feel) I am the only positive thing in that child's life. The only stability that she has. So I have lots to consider.

Well I am off. I want to grab my book and get some reading done while still day light. Then enjoy my fire in the dark. Have a wonderful evening.

Labor Day

I hope everyone is having a safe & wonderful day!!

Kid had a friend stay over last night, and I am still working on clearing out stuff from house. Not sure what is planned for later.