Pumpkin Cake/Bars

I love this time of year and one thing I love about it is pumpkin. I LOVE pumpkin. I have pumpkin creamer for my coffee, I've made pumpkin muffins (which weren't that good), made pumpkin pie, and now this pumpkin cake. This was my first time making them, I made them for my stepdaughter and her husband for our special Thanksgiving. They couldn't join us for Thanksgiving day so we had a special Thanksgiving the Saturday after. They loved the cake. And my stepdaughter doesn't like pumpkin. But it has the slightest pumpkin flavor, she loved it. So I thought what a great recipe to share to all of you!!

I have no clue where the recipe came from since I got it from my mom and she's had it for so long she doesn't remember.

I have to say this, I had to make this into a cake since I don't own a jelly roll pan. My mom however does and hers are normally "bar" size.

Pumpkin Cake/Bars (from my mom's kitchen)
Bar ingredients
1 cup oil
2 cups pumpkin (or 1 can of Pumpkin)
2 cups sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
4 eggs
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
2 cups flour

Icing
3 oz pkg cream cheese (soften)
1 tsp vanilla
1 stick butter (soften)
1 tbsp milk
1 3/4 cup powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 
2. Mix together bar ingredients and put in greased jelly roll pan or a greased cake pan.
3. For jelly roll pan, bake for 20-25 mins. For cake pan, bake for 30-40 mins (when a toothpick comes out clean).
4. Remove from oven and cool on cooling rack for about an hour - hour and half.
5. For icing, mix together and spread on the cake/bars when its cool.

Funfetti Cake Batter Buddies

These are absolutely addicting!!! My husband couldn't stop eating them. (Which made me happy since something I made isn't getting thrown away for a change)

I guess my Funfetti Cake mix didn't have a lot of sprinkles, but it doesn't matter.

They were still amazing!!!

The recipe came from Six Sister's Stuff 

Chex Funfetti Cake Batter Buddies

Adapted from: So Very Blessed

Ingredients:

5 cups Chex cereal (I used Rice Chex)

10 oz (5 squares) vanilla flavored Almond Bark (I used white chocolate bars)

1 1/2 cups Funfetti cake mix

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp vegetable shortening

Directions:

1. Melt Almond Bark according to the package directions, adding vegetable shortening to thin (I heard that you can make it without the shortening, but it worked great for me to use it).

2. Pour the cereal into a large bowl and drizzle the melted Almond Bark over the cereal. Mix gently with a large spoon or spatula.

3. Dump the cake mix and powdered sugar onto the cereal and mix gently with large spoon until all the cereal is evenly coated.

4. Enjoy!! It's so good! :)

They are extremely easy to make. I'm thinking about using Dark Chocolate and chocolate cake mix next time. Just think of all the possibilities!!!