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Angel Food Cake with Pumpkin Filling

This Pumpkin Angel Food Cake is an easy dessert for fall. Layers of creamy no bake pumpkin filling inside a store-bought cake can be ready in no time at all.

Pumpkin Toffee Angel Food Cake - layers of no bake pumpkin cheesecake and cake makes a great dessert. Easy recipe for fall dinners!

It's time to celebrate. Get out the party hats and the streamers. Oh, and don't forget the cake. We most definitely need cake because every food holiday needs a cake to be involved. Am I right?

I absolutely love all these fun food holidays that someone decided to add to the calendar. I am all over any reason to make and eat more cake.

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Salted Caramel Brownie Cheesecake Pie

All thing salted caramel seems to be the rage right now. Enjoy a slice of this Salted Caramel Brownie Cheesecake Pie with a hot cup of coffee after dinner this week. You will be hooked too!

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I'm sure you are questioning my sanity right now. I mean another salted caramel dessert?

Let me tell you that when I get hooked on something, I go all in until the next thing catches my attention. A few years ago (like 14 really) I started scrapbooking. I now own a small scrapbook supply store in my office. Hey, some of those papers work great for back drops. A few years after that I got into rubber stamping. We won't talk about how many stamps I currently own...

My latest hobby/job is food photography, and the need to buy cute inexpensive props comes with that. This is another subject I would like to move from quickly. Let's just say I have enough plates, napkins, and straws to last a life time.

My kids get excited when they see me using the straws because they know this is the only time I let someone use them. What?!? They would use them for every single drink, and then when I need a particular color, it would be gone. Yes...I have hoarding problems. [Read more...]

Apple Butter Cinnamon Rolls

A pan of these easy Apple Butter Cinnamon Rolls makes a great breakfast or afternoon snack. It's like having a warm bite of fall on a plate.

It's supposed to be fall here. Remember how I talked about how excited I was for the chilly weather, the changing leaves, and wearing sweatshirts?

The weather is not cooperating with my desire to be cold and have a cozy sweatshirt on. There were a few days this week when we had the windows open all night long and the house was chilly in the morning, so I got a little too excited and pulled out the sweatshirts.

Both days when I was sitting in the pick up line for school...in the 80* heat...I was seriously regretting my clothing choice. Never mind that I did that two days in a row.

I finally got smart to the fact that we are in the middle of a heat wave, and I wore a t-shirt to our son's soccer game yesterday. An hour and a half of sitting in the sun with a sweatshirt would have definitely distracted me from the game.

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Salted Caramel Mocha Truffles

Salted caramel and mocha come together in a cute little truffle that you can enjoy any time of the day. You might want to double the batch...these Salted Caramel Mocha Truffles will not last very long.

These No Bake mocha cookie dough truffles with white chocolate, caramel, and sea salt are amazing!

Can I just tell you how happy I am that the Salted Caramel Mocha is back at Starbucks?

I wait all year for them to bring them back, and I had my first one this fall the other night after my son's soccer game. And I fell in love with it all over again!! I now have salted caramel mocha everything on my brain. I seriously couldn't rest until I recreated another yummy salted caramel treat...I didn't think you would mind 🙂

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Avocado Egg Sandwich

Enjoy this delicious Avocado Egg Sandwich for breakfast. The protein and healthy fats in the sandwich will keep you full until lunchtime!

An egg sandwich made with tomato, cheese, and avocado slices.

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to see this Sandwich Maker from Hamilton Beach in action at the BlogHer conference. It is such a fun little appliance, and I knew my family would love making breakfast with it. I was so excited when they contacted me about reviewing one in my home.

When my husband saw the sandwich maker, he wasn't that impressed and didn't think it would work. Guess who uses this machine almost every single day now??? That's right. He had to take back all those things he said. He loves how easily this cooks an egg and toasts your muffin at the same time. Seriously, it gets used every day!

I love that this appliance is small enough to keep on the counter without taking up much space. With someone in the family using it every day, I didn't want to put it away, but it is also small enough that it wouldn't take up much room in a cabinet, either.

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Coconut Eclair Cake

Are high summer like temperatures keeping you from baking dessert lately? This Coconut Eclair Cake is just what you need to keep cool during this heat wave.

Last week we had some beautiful fall days here. It was slightly cool and just perfect for wearing jeans and sweatshirts with flip flops. Do you do that too? It is my favorite.

But that was just a teaser because this week has been crazy hot. Like hotter than the entire summer vacation! They even cancelled my son's soccer game because the heat index was supposed to reach 112*. That's crazy hot!

Now usually that kind of heat doesn't bother me because I stay inside with my air conditioner cranked down low. But our air conditioner was even having a hard time keeping the house cooler in these temperatures.

The other day I was at Meijer when I saw some new fun frostings from Betty Crocker. Of course the Almond Joy one caught my eye right away. I do love me some coconut. Have you seen these Coconut Muffin Tops or this Coconut Oreo Fudge? Putting coconut into everything is kind of my life long dream. Unfortunately not everyone in my house agrees with this mission, so I limit my coconut baking to here and there.

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Chocolate Spice Cookies

These Chocolate Spice Cookies are soft, fudgy, and loaded with chocolate candies. They are a delightful fall cookie.

Chocolate and pumpkin goes so well together in these rich, fudgy cookies.

You need to try a batch to see what I'm talking about! Right now!

Like run to your kitchen and start baking. You can thank me later when you are dying over how rich and fudgy these cookies are.

Now you can use any M&M candy on these cookies, but as soon as I saw there were Pumpkin Spice M&M's this year, I headed right to my Target and bought a bag. Ok, fine, I actually bought 2 bags.

You never know when pumpkin inspiration is going to hit.

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Best Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes Recipe

These Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes are a great copycat of the popular Starbucks fall drink. The pumpkin, coffee, and spices go together so well. And who can resist cute pumpkin cupcakes with a fun green straw?

So a few weeks ago, my family and I had a chance to go see Hillsong Live in concert. It was amazing being in a room with that many people just praising and worshiping our God.

I think my favorite part of the night was when the lead singer had them turn off all the lights in the room, and then he asked the audience to turn on their cell phone lights and hold them up.

That many lights together were able to shine out and make the room bright enough to see again. It was a great reminder to keep on being a light in the dark world that we live in.

It is easy to get discouraged by all the things that go on around us from day to day, but God is mighty to save and He has conquered the grave to give us a light to shine.

I know I am so thankful that God loves me know matter what failures and fears I have in this life. I mess up on a daily basis, but Jesus is always there to encourage me and love me without fail.

What an honor it is to be able to shine like a light to those around me. The song that Hillsong sang next was Mighty to Save. It is one of my favorite songs that we sing in our church. (You can click the name of the song to hear it, if you are interested.) I am so thankful for a mighty God!!! [Read more...]

Meat Lover's Crescent Braid

This crescent braid is full of 4 kinds of meats and 3 kinds of cheese...definitely a Meat Lover's dream come true.

Let's talk meat today. I know everyone else is going pumpkin crazy out there...who am I kidding? I have totally gone pumpkin crazy already too. I have 4 pumpkin recipes done and ready to share with you, and about 10 more I can't wait to bake up. Crazy for the orange stuff? Yup, I'm plain bonkers for it.

But today I have an easy after school snack to share with you. Here is the funny thing about this. I do not really like meat. You know how you usually have to bribe or convince your children to eat 3 bites of veggies before they can be finished?

That was me when I was younger, but with meat. I remember eating all my veggies no problem, but then having to sit there forever with the meat staring back at me.

To this day, I still don't like to eat meat. Give me a bowl of veggies...or a chocolate cupcake. I'll get my protein another way.

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BruCrew Top Ten

Here we are at Friday again. I'm telling you now that school is in, and we are busy every night with practices and games, the weeks are flying by. It has only been 3 weeks since school started, but for some reason it feels like 3 months. I guess that is good that we have gotten into a routine. Now if only I could get that meal time dinner schedule going better...any ideas for me are much appreciated. Now let's get to the Top 10 things for this week.

1. First Day of School Pics - yes, it was 3 weeks ago, but nobody saw it then because I'm a slacker and didn't do it on IG like everyone else....so I'm sharing my cute kiddos here today. I can't believe I have a 9th, 6th, and 4th grader already!

2. Hahahaha! Bring on all things pumpkin! I am so ready!!

3. I broke into the pumpkin last week...and I haven't looked back yet. My plan is to eat pumpkin every week for the next 4 months! Salted Caramel Pumpkin Lattes every day!!!

4. This Salted Caramel Pumpkin Bread is what caused me to begin pumpkin baking in August. I seriously want that whole loaf for myself!!

5. Bailey's Coffee Creamer...the best way to make your coffee happy. I was so excited to receive these three flavors in the mail. Coffee with a good creamer first thing in the morning helps get me going. I am slightly partial to the Mudslide.

6. I am seriously dying over this Pecan Crusted French Toast! It looks stinking amazing!!!

7. Two coffee dates in two weeks with two cute kiddos. Love!

8. I love accessories. I love accessories that are affordable even more. These necklaces came from Gordmans and each one was only around $10. Then my daughter and I were shopping at the mall and found these earrings at Icing for $2 a pack. Even if they only last a few months, it was totally worth it. Those teal feather ones are my absolute favs right now.

9. Sweet & Salty S'mores...s'mores made with Ritz crackers? Yes, please!

10. Throwback time!!! I was looking through some old scrapbooks and found this one of me with the very first pie I ever made. Baking is just a part of me I guess. And I am totally loving that my littlest guy looks just like me. He is definitely my little mini me.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend relaxing and enjoying your families.
We will be eating pizza, watching movies, and headed out to see family on Labor Day. It will be a good weekend.

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