This morning I woke up and went to church at 8am and then when I got home I was surely up for some baking and using a pumpkin that we didn't carve for halloween fun. I got online and started searching for some ideas and then I thought, "hey! I can make a pumpkin puree!" So I did!
I have never been extremely good at fully homemaking things, but I wanted to try something different today. My Gigi has always taught me to never waste anything, so I try my hardest not to waste things.
Homemade Pumpkin Puree
*I used a small pumpkin just because it's easier to deal with and that's what I had!
Cut the pumpkin in quarters
Scrape all of the seeds and stringy stuff out
Get a cookie sheet with slight edges and pour 1 cup of water in it
Put the pumpkin pieces on the cookie sheet (cut part down)
Bake for 45 mins
scrape all of the pumpkin out of the skin and mash with a potato masher
Mix with an electric mixer
I added sugar, all spice, and cinnamon to mine to give it flavor!
wha la! You have some pumpkin puree! Not hard at all to do, just makes a total mess!
Now it was time to make dessert with this. I didn't want to have to make anything too hard, so I kind of made up my own recipe, but it turned out like a pumpkin pie, except in a cake shape! So... we will call it
Pumpkin Pie Cake
1 box yellow cake mix
3 eggs
1/2 cup pumpkin spice creamer
1/2 cup oil
1 package of pumpkin spice instant pudding
2 tbsp cinnamon
1 tbsp vanilla
That's all I remember putting in there. Bake for maybe 35-40 mins. I didn't time it. Let it cool and then eat it! It tastes just like pumpkin pie! I don't know how that happened, but it did! I tried putting a cinnamon pecan glaze on top but it didn't stick to the cake, so i just took the cake out of the pan and put in plastic containers so I could refridgerate. You may add some pecans to your cake if you'd like. I just thought pecans would sound good with the pumpkin!
That Is it for now, I am falling asleep as I'm typing on the computer. Sorry I don't have but one picture, I was trying to cook dinner in the midst of trying to make pumpkin puree! Have a happy Monday everyone!
xoxoxo
Baker Lauren :D
