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.

Bullfrog Race anyone?

Labor Day weekend was spent in the Ozarks. We went to see the outdoor drama, Shepherd of the Hills. It had been several years since we had seen it (since we now normally go in the season when its not playing). We asked R if she wanted to participate in the Bullfrog Race and to our amazement she said yes! R is a girly girl and we couldn't believe she touched that big ol' frog!!! It probably helps that her teacher last year taught them not to be afraid of bugs and critters! We will give that wonderful teacher credit for it ;) Mr. Bullfrog (or Ms) didn't win because I think she had squeezed him almost dead! He wouldn't jump till everyone elses jumped and then he went the wrong way!!!
Here is her new friend, Mr. Bullfrog:

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!!!

Game On

Well round 2 of The Game On Diet has began as of yesterday. Round one was successful. We had 9 ladies play and we lost 90 pounds all together! I lost 12.6 myself. We had 1 week off then started again yesterday. My goal is to loose all these extra pounds I've been carrying for so many years. I have approximately 42 more I want to loose. I am determined this time to loose it for good! Good luck to the other 13 players this round! We will do great again.

This is my goal :) (Sorry K&K this was the first pic I found to use and yall happen to be there with me!)

Pecan Festival

Well this festival has came to an end. Love this time of year. Good junk food (thankfully it fell on the off week of Game On), trying to decide what ride is to be ridden next, tiny bit cooler weather and mosquitos of course!!! This year was especially fun for R as she would see friends from school and got to ride rides with them. No fun riding by yourself!!

Till next year....

Monday...

Where I am wishing I was right now.. My favorite place on earth..I'll be back soon! Ozark Mountains!

Cakes from this year

Wedding shower cake (last weekend) (picture was taken before I put the bows w/rhinestones on it, forgot to take after photo) Double 12 inch, bavarian cream cake with 8 inch on top.

Chocolate cake with bavarian cream filling, cream cheese icing with buttercream swirl roses (not sure the exact name of them)

Thomas the Engine individual chocolate 6 inch cake

1/2 sheet vanilla cake with bavarian cream filling with chocolate cake mountain, cone trees, buttercream icing

Thomas the engine cupcakes. Fondant face

Dr Seuss, 1st birthday cake, Cat in the Hat candle, fondant green eggs and ham, and fondant Thing 1 & Thing 2. 1 fish, 2 fish are swedish fish!

'Thing 1' Smash Cake.

Zebra girly cake

Baby stroller. (sorry can't turn it!

Red Velvet with Cream Cheese icing.

Wedding shower Victorian Hat