Hello Autumn: Pumpkin Roll

I love Autumn and Halloween, this is no secret to anyone that knows me. Luckily my boyfriend also loves Autumn! Most importantly, we both love Autumn food. If not for his love of pumpkin flavored things, I may never have received this recipe! 

Instead of a birthday cake last year, his Momma sent me this recipe, and the non-perishable ingredients, to bake for him! Cody mentioned to her that I have been wanting to blog about this recipe, and she so very kindly gave me her blessing to share! (Lucky you!) 

Ingredients: 

 Cake: 

3 eggs

2/3 cup solid pack pumpkin

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

3 teaspoons cinnamon 

1/2 teaspoon salt

 Filling:

8 ounces softened cream cheese 

4 tablespoons softened butter

1 cup confectioners sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla 

 Other: 

Wax paper 

Aluminum foil 

Set oven for 350 degrees 

1. Mix the cake ingredients in a bowl. 

2. Spray cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray, cover with wax paper, spray wax paper with no. Stick cooking spray. 

3. Spread cake mix on top of wax paper in rectangular shape. 

4. Bake for 15 Minutes, cool for 15 minutes. 

5. Take a (clean) kitchen towel and cover in confectioners sugar, remove wax paper from cake, place cake on towel.

6. Roll cake up in towel. 

7. Let cool completely, use this time to mix up filling ingredients. 

8. Un-roll (gently) and evenly spread filling, re-roll. 

9. Wrap in foil, refrigerate for an hour.  

10. Enjoy! 

(Okay, this one isn't beautiful, but it IS delicious!) 

My boyfriends Mom also likes to sprinkle crushed walnuts inside on top of the filling! 

I hope y'all enjoy this recipe as much as we do! 

This is Halloween:

Happy Halloween week (halloweek?)!! I recently got back from visiting the Boyfriend, and I had SO much fun!
I'm going to start this post off with a really simple autumn recipe I think most of you probably know!

Pumpkin Seeds!!! So, you are carving your pumpkin for Halloween, and digging through guts and seeds, what are you going to do with all this mess?! EAT IT! Separate the guts and the seeds (time consuming, but worth it). Get a pan and put a little oil on it, enough to coat the bottom of the pan, spread your seeds out, and add a little butter. I salt mine to taste, heat the oven to about 350 and pop them in the oven. Keep a close eye on them and when they look golden brown, they're done!

Oh, the pumpkins that provided this delicious-ness went to great use too!

Cody's is the grand one on the left, and mine is the owl on the right! We had a lot of messy fun, and a small pumpkin guts fight. It was lovely!

What do you do with your pumpkin seeds?!

Sweet as Apple Pie!

I went to see my darling last week in upstate New York. It was beautiful, wonderful, and a very special experience.
One day we decided to go camping, and we wanted to make some (adult) Apple Drank (His name, not mine).
So here is the recipe:
(This will make four large mason jars worth)
Half gallon of Apple Juice
Half gallon of Apple Cider (we just made a ton of cups of the keurig kind)
3/4s of a cup of white sugar (or to taste)
1 half liter of Rum. ( you can use more to make yours stronger or less)
3-4 cinnamon sticks
And 1-2 chopped apples.

Mix the sugar, cinnamon sticks, apple juice and cider together and bring to a boil until the sugar is dissolved in. Let it cool to room temperature and then add the rum. Mix together and put in the mason jars, making sure to have a cinnamon stick and some apple slices in each, and place in the fridge.

let sit for about six hours, then you're ready to drink up!

 We taste tested before camping ;)

We then went camping the next night, and shared the mason jars. (have fun fighting over who gets the apple!)
XX!

White Sangria!

One of my best friends birthdays was this week, this is the recipe I used for sangria, the wine, and liqueur type can be replaced, depending on how fancy you are feeling.

 Sparkling water, One bottle of white wine and three shots of apple liquer.

 Half a lemon

 Apple slices

 raspberries

and half a lime. 

You mix the wine and shots together, add the fruit (you can put whatever you fancy in there, this is just what I did) keep cold, and when served, top off the glass with some sparkling water! Yum!

Hope you guys are staying safe!