Pumpkin Spice Cake

One of my roommates celebrated her 22nd birthday this past week so of course I had to bake a cake!  Her sister, who also lives with us, secretly informed me that she had wanted to try a spice cake.  I found this recipe online and made a two layer cake.*  Nothing goes better with a spice cake than cream cheese frosting, some drizzled caramel, and crushed Almond Roca.  Oh, and a cup of hot chocolate of course. 

-Lisa

*Cake baked at 350 F for 30 minutes.

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Pear Bread

For some reason, I bought a huge bag of pears last week.  They weren't on sale and I didn't have a recipe in mind that called for pears.  I don't know what led me to believe that I could finish fifteen pears by myself before they all would spoil.  Anyway, I quickly began to search the Internet for pear recipes and I landed on this one.  I halved the recipe because I didn't have a bundt pan.  Big mistake.  This stuff is delicious.  In fact, it may be my favorite fruit bread recipe ever.

-Lisa