Christmas: *Good. Santa was super-duper kind to me and got me a Kitchen Aid 13 cup Food Processor. My old one is 16 years old and while the motor was fine all the plastic parts were not. *Had this yummy cinnamon coffee cake that is easy and an overnight cake (see the recipe below). Went non-traditional for dinner and had steak and a seafood gratin. Followed with a brownie tart with hot chocolate and marshmallow ice cream (recipe later this week). *As usual Crazy Cocker Spaniel made out the best. Which is why we are mean and play Deck the Dog with her. :P In good news though you can all see that I picked up a date for New Year’s Eve. ;) What did you end up getting? Was Santa kind to you as well? Cinnamon Coffee Cake 2/3 cup unsalted butter ½ cup packed brown sugar 1 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs, beaten 2 cups flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 cup buttermilk Topping: 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon … [Read more...]
Pumpkin meet Oreo, Oreo meet pumpkin…
Been very uninspired in the creativity department as of late so I asked Facebook readers what they thought I should make. Someone asked for a Pumpkin Coffee Cake but with Oreos. Umm, okay. She was very excited to be selected. I’m sure it was a disappointment that there was not prize or anything. Hopefully this is what she was looking for. I was going to glaze it but really couldn’t figure out what to glaze it with. Plus I wanted it to be more like a portable snack cake, which it is. No time for a real post sorry. I hope to get a lot of baking down this weekend and will attempt to make it up to you. Pumpkin Oreo Coffee Cake For Oreo batter: 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature 3 eggs 3/4 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 20 crushed Oreo cookies 1 cup sour cream 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. baking powder Pinch of salt For pumpkin batter: 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground … [Read more...]
