Pumpkin Sheet Cake Recipe

Since our first 'cooler' spell a few weeks ago, pumpkin has been on the brain. Of course, due to dieting, thinking is all I can do! I made this on our off week and it was delicious! I love anything pumpkin and this was good!

Pumpkin Sheet Cake
from Allrecipes.com
 

Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• FROSTING:
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 5 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 3 teaspoons milk
• Chopped nuts

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, beat pumpkin, sugar and oil. Add eggs; mix well. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; add to pumpkin mixture and beat until well blended. Pour into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool.
2. For frosting, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla in a mixing bowl until smooth. Gradually add sugar; mix well. Add milk until frosting reaches desired spreading consistency. Frost cake. Sprinkle with nuts.

Best Banana Puddin' Recipe

Yes, the last post is about dieting, but DH and the guys at work have requested a Banana Puddin'. Thought I would share the recipe. It is my MIL's recipe and a GOOD one! It was HARD not to lick the spoon after opening the Sweetened Condensed Milk. LOL That stuff makes GOOD desserts!!!

Ingredients needed:

Mix up Jello Vanilla Pudding according to directions w/3 cups milk. Let sit for few minutes in fridge, while your mixing up the next few ingredients.

Mix your softened cream cheese (8 oz) with can of sweetened condensed milk. Beat until all creamy. Then mix cream cheese mixture with the pudding. Fold in 1/2 of CoolWhip. In large bowl, layer pudding mixture, cookies and bananas. Repeat about 3-4 times. Top with rest of Cool Whip. Decorate top of Cool Whip with remaining cookies and crumbs if you wish!! Enjoy!

Or if you prefer it the way I do, just leave out the bananas for some good pudding and cookies!!!