As you may be able to tell from the photo, I made these cupcakes a few weeks ago. It doesn’t look quite that green or pretty in Pittsburgh anymore.
I used this recipe from Eat, Live, Run. A perfect fall treat. Lightly spiced cake and cream cheese frosting. I took these to a birthday party gathering and while I saw a few people digging in, I would guess the sugary cupcakes tasted even better as breakfast the morning after the (drinking) festivities. There is absolutely nothing wrong with cake for breakfast, in my opinion.
I also made these pumpkin brownies last weekend. I am always unsure of the pumpkin/chocolate combination but I really liked these. I added a little extra cocoa to the brownie portion of the batter and did not attempt any type of swirling of the two batters. I simply dumped the chocolate in first and the pumpkin on top. I sprinkled some mini chocolate chips and extra walnuts on top halfway through baking. My boyfriend crushed about half the pan in a 3 day span and my Monday night Dancing with the Stars crew (hello there!) finished off the rest.
What is your favorite fall treat?
Yum! I’m on a pumpkin kick, too. I have a recipe for pumpkin ginger snaps that I’m going to bake tomorrow, so I’ll report back on that adventure
In the meantime, here are two of my all-time favorites:
Pumpkin gobs
http://bakingdomesticityallthingsmini.blogspot.com/2011/09/whoopie-for-pumpkin.html
Pumpkin cheesecake swirl brownies
http://bakingdomesticityallthingsmini.blogspot.com/2009/10/very-pumpkin-evening.html
thanks for the links! the cheesecake swirl brownies look really good
Those cupcakes look so good! I love fall food! And I agree, there is absolutely nothing wrong with cake for breakfast!
I made the pumpkin gobs over this past weekend and they were so good! I didn’t make any changes to the recipe either. Even Brett who doesn’t have a sweet tooth loved them. Thanks for the recipe!