Fall Festival Recipe Exchange

"Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree." Emily Bronte

Welcome to the first annual (hopefully) fall festival recipe exchange! And Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends!

I absolutely love Autumn! I love everything about it..the drop in the temperature, the sweater weather, the trees changing colors...and the food!!!

Today, for your consideration, I have a very easy recipe that probably many of you know already and doesn't require much work. My favorite kind! :)

Pumpkin Dump Cake

Here's What You Need:
1 (29 oz) can of Pumpkin
1 cup of sugar
1 (13 oz) cup of evaporated milk
3 eggs
4 tsp. of pumpkin pie spices
1/2 tsp. of salt
1 box of yellow cake mix
3/4 cups of melted butter
1 cup chopped pecans

Here's What You Do!

First you're going to combine the pumpkin, sugar, evaporated milk, eggs, pumpkin pie spices and salt in a mixing bowl. Beat well. Pour this lovely mixture into a greased 9x13 glass pan. Sprinkle cake mix over the pumpkin mixture and then sprinkle in the pecans. Pour melted butter over it. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes. When you stick the knife into the center and it comes out clean, you're good to go! Make sure you keep an eye on it at the end as it'll burn easily. This will make tons of goodies for you (or 12-15 people) to enjoy!

Now I want to find out all about yours! I think I'll try to make as many of them as possible. :)

Just drop your permalink in the Mister Linky and be prepared to be hungry all day as you visit everyone else's recipes!

Fall Festival Recipe Exchange: October 12

I love fall. Or Autumn if you will. Everything about it. But I really adore the food! The other day I was reflecting on all of the fabulous things you can make with pumpkin to celebrate fall and considered having a pumpkin recipe exchange -- until I learned that some people don't like pumpkin. So....I decided we should just swap our favorite fall recipes!

This is really simple! Imagine a virtual Fall Festival. Next Monday (or a day early or after...whenever it's convenient for you!) post a recipe on your blog of one of your favorite fall dishes! And feel free to decorate! Add a lovely fall photo, share with us some songs that help you enjoy the season, share a tradition, or a book you think is perfect with your recipe.

And we can bask in the joy that is my favorite season! On October 12, I'll host a Mister Linky where you can drop your link. And then we can visit each other's recipes and find more yummy food that we can make during this season. I hope this becomes a favorite tradition that we do for years and years to come!

If you are so inclined, please help spread the word and leave a comment if you think you might participate! :)