Fall Cooking!

The scent of cinnamon fills the air
An apron around my waist
A smudge of flour upon my nose
Help yourself to a little taste!

Blueberry Buckle

Cake ingredients:
2 cups and 1-2 Tbsp of sifted, all purpose flour separated
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup milk
1 pint blueberries

Topping ingredients:
1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup sifted all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon


Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease an 8-inch springform pan. Set aside.|
(I just use an 8" square glass dish)

Sift together the 2 cups of flour, the baking powder and the salt. 
Set aside. Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes. 
Beat in the egg. Add the flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the milk. 
Toss the berries with the remaining 1 to 2 tablespoons of flour 
(to separate and scatter evenly throughout the batter) and fold in. 
Pour batter into the prepared pan. Set aside.

Combine ingredients for topping with a fork to make crumbly mixture. 
Sprinkle this over the batter.

Bake for one hour, then test for doneness by gently inserting a fork. 
If it does not come out clean, give the cake another 5 to 10 minutes to bake.

When the cake has cooled, run a knife around the edges and 
lift the cake out o the pan. Serve with whipped cream.

Grandma's Autumn Apple Cake

3 eggs
1 3/4 cup sugar
1 cup oil
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups sliced apples (peeled and cored)
1 cup walnuts

Beat eggs and sugar together, add oil a little at a time.
Then add flour, salt and dry ingredients to mixture.
Add vanilla, fold in apples and nuts.
Pour batter into a greased and floured
bundt pan. Bake at 350 for 40 to 50 minutes.
When cool transfer to plate and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.
~ Emily Dickinson ~

Pumpkin Bars
(a favorite in my family)

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup oil
1-16 oz can pumpkin
4 eggs beaten
2 cups bisquick
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins
3/4 cup pecans (optional)

In large mixing bowl beat together sugar,
oil, pumpkin, and eggs for one minute at
medium speed. Stir in the rest of the ingredients
and pour into a 9x13 lightly greased pan.
Bake at 350 about 25 minutes or until a
wooden toothpick inserted in center comes
out clean. Cool completely.

Frosting

1 - 3 oz package cream cheese
1/3 cup margarine (softened)
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
Mix first 4 ingredients, add sugar and
beat until smooth. Spread over cake.

Come said the wind to the leaves one day,
 Come o're the meadows and we will play.
Put on your dresses scarlet and gold, 
For summer is gone and the days grow cold.

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